英语单词 | intervene |
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英美音标 | 英 [ˌɪntə'viːn] 美 [ˌɪntər'viːn] |
中文释义 | vi.干涉;干预;介入;调停;插入;阻挠 |
英语例句 | (1) Don't intervene in the affairs of another country. (2) It's time that men of good sense and good will to intervene. (3) You'd better not intervene in their dispute. (4) I am powerless to intervene in the matter. (5) I will come if nothing intervenes. |
中文例句 | (1) 不要干涉别的国家的事务。 (2) 这该是那些头脑清醒和心地善良的人们出面干预的时候了。 (3) 你最好还是不要介入他们的争端。 (4) 我对调停此事无能为力。 (5) 假若没有别的事,我一定来。 |
vocabulary简明 | From the Latin "intervenire," meaning “to come between,” the verb intervene means just that: to get involved, to jump in the middle of something, to interfere. |
vocabulary扩展 | The verb intervene was first recorded around 1600. Since then there haven't been many interventions in its meaning or usage. You should probably intervene in a heated verbal fight between two of your friends before it escalates and gets physical. Especially if they're debating the United States’ habit of intervening in international conflicts. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]干涉;干预;介入 If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it. [V] [V
2 [VERB 动词]插话;打岔 If you intervene, you interrupt a conversation in order to add something to it. [V] [V with quote]
3 [VERB 动词]干扰;阻挠;打扰 If an event intervenes, it happens suddenly in a way that stops, delays, or prevents something from happening. [V] [V to-inf]
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