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Intervention Act Drug Intə'Venʃ(ə)N N.干涉,干预 Inserting Thing Person

英语单词 intervention
英美音标 [intə'venʃ(ə)n]
中文释义 n.干涉,干预
vocab简明 An intervention is the act of inserting one thing between others, like a person trying to help. You could be the subject of a school intervention if your teachers call your parents about the bad grades you've been hiding.
vocab扩展 Intervention comes from the Latin intervenire, meaning "to come between, interrupt." Often an intervention is intended to make things better, like the US government's intervention to give food and aid to Haiti after the earthquake. One common use of the word refers to a specific type of meeting, or intervention, that happens with the family and friends of a drug addict; they join together to try to convince the drug user to change their ways and live a healthier life.
真题原句 …… can also deal with some errors with human intervention.
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[N-VAR 可变名词]干涉;干预 Intervention is the act of intervening in a situation.
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  • ...the role of the United States and its intervention in the internal affairs of many countries.

    美国扮演的角色以及其对多国内政的干涉

  • ...military interventions.

    军事干涉

来源 2002.2

Tags: 单词::2002

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