intervene

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vi. 插入, 调停, 干涉 [经] 进场干预

发音

其它 /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈviːn/

词形变化

intervened intervenes 三单 intervenes intervenest interveneth intervening intervening 现在分词 intervened 过去式 intervened 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

干涉;调停;插入

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.

    不及物

    The police had to be called to intervene in the fight.

  2. 2.

    To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.

    不及物

    An instant intervened between the flash and the report.

    I hadn't seen him since we were in school, and the intervening years had not been kind to him.

  3. 3.

    To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.

    不及物

    Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking.

  4. 4.

    To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.

    及物/不及物
  5. 5.

    To come between, or to be between, persons or things.

    介入

    及物/不及物

    The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

    1668, Joseph Glanvill, Plus Ultra, or, The Progress and Advancement of Knowledge since the Days of Aristotle, London: James Collins, Chapter 11, p. 79, How defective the Art of Navigation was in elder Times, when they Sailed by the observation of the Stars, is easie to be imagin’d: For in dark weather, when their Pleiades, Helice, and Cynosura were hidden from them by the intervening Clouds, the Mariner was at a loss for his Guide, and exposed to the casual conduct of the Winds and Tides.

  6. 6.

    In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.

    法律

    an application for leave (i.e. permission) to intervene

词汇关系

词源

Back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb).

来源:wiktionary