intervene
US /ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈviːn/
UK /ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈviːn/
動詞
1.
干預, 介入
come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events
範例:
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The police had to intervene to stop the fight.
警方不得不介入以制止這場鬥毆。
•
He decided to intervene in the dispute between his friends.
他決定介入朋友之間的爭執。
2.
介入, 發生於兩者之間
(of an event or circumstance) occur between two things, especially so as to prevent or modify a result
範例:
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A long period of peace intervened before the next war.
在下一次戰爭之前，一段漫長的和平時期介入了。
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Several years intervened between his first and second novels.
他的第一部和第二部小說之間間隔了幾年。
在 Lingoland 學習這個單詞