English Dictionary

divide and conquer

動詞

To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.

日本語の意味

対象を意図的に分断し、各勢力の結束や力を低下させることで、統治者や支配者が自らの権力を確保・拡大する戦略。 / 政治、軍事、経済の手段を組み合わせ、強大な権力を複数の小さな部分に分け、個々の脅威を最小化する方法。

The regime attempts to divide and conquer opposition groups by funding rival factions and imposing economic sanctions.

その政権は、対抗する勢力に資金を提供し、経済制裁を課すことで、野党の勢力を分断して支配しようとしている。

意味（1）

To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.

It added that it can't begin pay talks without permission from Transport Scotland, and then cited a TSSA union survey of ScotRail that suggested that most of its members were against strikes, instead preferring job security rather than a pay rise. This prompted the TSSA to accuse ScotRail of trying to divide and conquer.

divides and conquers （ present singular third-person ）

dividing and conquering （ participle present ）

divided and conquered （ participle past ）

divided and conquered （ past ）