intervene
verb OPAL W
/ˌɪntəˈviːn/
/ˌɪntərˈviːn/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they intervene | /ˌɪntəˈviːn/ /ˌɪntərˈviːn/ |
| he / she / it intervenes | /ˌɪntəˈviːnz/ /ˌɪntərˈviːnz/ |
| past simple intervened | /ˌɪntəˈviːnd/ /ˌɪntərˈviːnd/ |
| past participle intervened | /ˌɪntəˈviːnd/ /ˌɪntərˈviːnd/ |
| -ing form intervening | /ˌɪntəˈviːnɪŋ/ /ˌɪntərˈviːnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to become involved in a situation in order to improve or help it
出面；介入 - She might have been killed if the neighbours hadn't intervened.
要不是邻居介入，她可能会没命了。 - intervene in something The President intervened personally in the crisis.
总统亲自出面处理这场危机。 - intervene between A and B She went over to intervene between the two men.
她走过去为两个男人进行调解。 - intervene against somebody They would not intervene against the rebels themselves.
他们自己不会插手反对叛乱分子。 - intervene (with somebody) (on behalf of somebody) attempts to intervene with the authorities on the prisoners' behalf
代表犯人与当局交涉的尝试 - intervene to do something They intervened to halt the attack.
他们出面阻止了袭击。
Topics Discussion and agreementc1- Eventually, the army was forced to intervene.
最终军队被迫介入。 - Government often intervenes decisively in major professional issues in medicine.
政府经常果断介入医药界重大专业问题。 - Intervening militarily will not bring peace.
军事干预不会带来和平。 - Local people feel strongly about the proposed development but are virtually powerless to intervene.
当地民众对所提出的开发方案反应强烈，但实际上却无力介入其中。 - Nurses should be ready to intervene on behalf of their patients.
为了病人的利益护士应该时刻准备介入。 - Our government has no right to intervene.
我们的政府无权干预。 - She was reluctant to intervene in what was essentially a private dispute.
她不愿介入这种本质上属于私人性质的争端。 - The King intervened personally on behalf of the children.
国王代表孩子们亲自出面处理此事。 - The UN refused to intervene.
联合国拒绝干预。 - Teachers should learn when to intervene and when to let the students do the talking.
老师应该学会什么时候干预，什么时候让学生说话。 - The EU refuses to intervene to control the trade.
欧盟拒绝出手限制贸易。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- directly
- personally
- …
- be forced to
- have to
- be powerless to
- …
- against
- between
- in
- …
- She might have been killed if the neighbours hadn't intervened.
- [transitive, intransitive] (+ speech) to interrupt somebody when they are speaking in order to say something
插嘴；打断（别人的话） - ‘But,’ she intervened, ‘what about the others?’
“但是，” 她插嘴说，“其他的怎么办呢？”
- ‘But,’ she intervened, ‘what about the others?’
- [intransitive] to happen in a way that delays something or prevents it from happening
阻碍；阻挠；干扰 - They were planning to get married and then the war intervened.
他们正准备结婚，不巧却因爆发战事而受阻。
- They were planning to get married and then the war intervened.
- [intransitive] (formal) to exist between two events or places
介于…之间 - I saw nothing of her during the years that intervened.
这期间的几年中我根本没有见过她。
- I saw nothing of her during the years that intervened.
词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘come in as an extraneous factor or thing’): from Latin intervenire, from inter- ‘between’ + venire ‘come’.