英语单词 | intervention |
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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. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★★☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]干涉;干预 Intervention is the act of intervening in a situation. [oft N
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来源 | 2002.2 |
Tags: 单词::2002
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