splintering

基本解释

The truth is that the risks of the euro splintering really have mounted.
事实摆在面前：欧元区四分五裂的风险已经显现出来。
Obesity in Britain, for example, has increased pari passu with the splintering of families: and now it is never too early to teach children lack of self-control.
例如在英国，肥胖是和家庭分裂同时进行的：因此现在教育孩子如何自我控制为时不早。
When a group of supposed reformers left the splintering party this week to set up a new outfit, it could have grabbed the fiscally conservative, business friendly centre.
当公认的改革者们本周离开这个四分五裂的政党，建立起新的组织时，它一定赢得了这一财政保守，商务友好的中心的兴趣。

The justices unanimously overturned the drug conviction of Antoine Jones, while splintering in their reasoning.
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Non-signatories to the deal, both black and Arab, are reportedly splintering and the fighting continues.
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A splinter is a very thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, which has broken off from a larger piece.
If something splinters or is splintered, it breaks into thin, sharp pieces.