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Intervene I Verb 动词   [V Good Meaning D

英语单词 intervene
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 in n]
  • The situation calmed down when police intervened...

    警方干预后,局势平息下来。

  • The Government is doing nothing to intervene in the crisis.

    政府没有采取任何行动对这次危机进行干预。

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]
  • Hattie intervened and told me to stop it...

    哈蒂打断我,叫我停下来。

  • 'I've told you he's not here,' Irena intervened.

    “我告诉你了他不在这里,”伊雷娜插话说。

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]
  • The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened...

    除非受恶劣天气干扰,南非邮船一般在星期五上午抵达。

  • I pray that death may not intervene to prevent our meeting with my darling children.

    我祈祷死亡不要阻挠我们与我亲爱的孩子们见一面。

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