intervene

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌɪntəˈviːn/    美 /ˌɪntɚˈvin/|/ˌɪntəˈviːn/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action. intransitive
    — The police had to be called to intervene in the fight.
  2. To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events. intransitive
    — An instant intervened between the flash and the report.
  3. To occur or act as an obstacle or delay. intransitive
    — Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking.
  4. To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people. ambitransitive
    — Young Scarfe stared, astounded. “You haven’t met before,” Mrs. Gould intervened. “Mr. Decoud—Mr. Scarfe.”
  5. To come between, or to be between, persons or things. ambitransitive
    — The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
  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.
    — an application for leave (i.e. permission) to intervene

词形变化

intervenes present,singular,third-person intervening participle,present intervened participle,past intervened past

词汇关系

衍生词
intervenability intervenable intervenee intervenor interventive reintervene
相关词
intervener intervention

词源

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