新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

intervene

英  [ˌɪntəˈviːn]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • intervenes , intervening , intervened

    1[I 不及物动词] 干预

    If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it.

    近义词

    step in

    双语例句

    例:

    The situation calmed down when police intervened.

    警察干预后,局势平息了下来。

    例:

    The Government is doing nothing to intervene in the crisis.

    该政府对这次危机没有做任何的干预。

    2[I 不及物动词] 插话

    If you intervene, you interrupt a conversation in order to add something to it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Hernandez intervened and told me to stop it.

    赫尔南德斯打断我,不让我再说下去。

    3[I 不及物动词] 干扰

    If an event intervenes, it happens suddenly in a way that stops, delays, or prevents something from happening.

    双语例句

    例:

    The mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.

    除非受到恶劣天气的干扰,邮船于星期五上午到达。