1. | [i] 出面;介入to become involved in a situation in order to improve or help it |
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。 | |
The President intervened personally in the crisis. 总统亲自出面处理这场危机。 |
2. | [t][i] (+ speech) 插嘴;打断(别人的话)to interrupt sb when they are speaking in order to say sth |
‘But,’ she intervened, ‘what about the others?’ “但是,”她插嘴说,“其他的怎么办呢?” |
3. | [i] 阻碍;阻挠;干扰to happen in a way that delays sth or prevents it from happening |
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。 |
4. | [i] 介于…之间to exist between two events or places |
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。 |