Their body language was icy, their opinions poles apart. It was a sign of the tough talks that lie ahead.

他们的身体语言很冰冷，他们的观点大相径庭，这就意味着即将进行的对话很艰难。

The expression " poles apart" here means very different from one another.

这里的“两极分化” 是指彼此截然不同的意思。

Someone very conservative and someone very liberal would be poles apart.

一个非常保守的人和一个非常自由的人会截然不同。

Both are brilliant pianists, though they’re poles apart in style.

【pole】两位都是卓越的钢琴家，然而在风格上却大相迳庭。

Manchester and London are poles apart. They have almost nothing in common.

曼彻斯特和伦敦差别很大，它们几乎没有共同之处。

I find it so predictable what each side will say, since they always invite people who have opinions that are poles apart.

我发现每一方会说什么都是可以预见的，因为他们总是邀请意见截然不同的人。

Well, ambition was one of the better-known incentives to murder. It came, well up the list, just below passion and greed. But Marta Hallard was Marta Hallard. Murder and that brittle, insincere sophisticate were poles apart.

好吧，野心是最著名的谋杀动机之一。它来了，排在榜首，仅次于激情和贪婪。但玛塔·哈拉德就是玛塔·哈拉德。谋杀和那种脆弱、虚伪的世故是截然不同的。