intervene
US /ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈviːn/
UK /ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈviːn/
1.
干预, 介入
come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events
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The police had to intervene to stop the fight.
警方不得不介入以制止这场斗殴。
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He decided to intervene in the dispute between his friends.
他决定介入朋友之间的争执。
2.
介入, 发生于两者之间
(of an event or circumstance) occur between two things, especially so as to prevent or modify a result
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A long period of peace intervened before the next war.
在下一次战争之前，一段漫长的和平时期介入了。
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Several years intervened between his first and second novels.
他的第一部和第二部小说之间间隔了几年。