Balkanize

中文含义：使（国家、地区）分裂，割裂；使瓦解，使离散

英语词性：verb

美式发音：bawl-kuh-nahyz

同义词：split, fracture, disintegrate

易混淆单词：balk, balance, banquet

双语例句：

1. The civil war threatened to balkanize the country into many small, warring factions.（内战威胁到将国家分裂为许多敌对的小派系。）

2. The company’s top executives decided to balkanize the department into smaller, more specialized units.（公司高层决定将部门分裂成更小、更专业的单位。）