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intervene

英 [?nt?'vi?n] 美[,?nt?'vin]
  • vi. 干涉；調(diào)停；插入

英英釋意

1. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force;
"Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
2. be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events;
"This interludes intervenes between the two movements"
"Eight days intervened"
3. occur between other event or between certain points of time;
"the war intervened between the birth of her two children"