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| /ˌɪntəˈviːn/ |
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| 1 | to become involved in a situation in order to try to stop or change it 干涉；干预；调解；调停 |
| Police had to intervene when protesters blocked traffic. 当抗议者阻碍了交通时，警察不得不来干预。 |
| +in The prime minister has pledged not to intervene militarily in neighbouring countries. 首相承诺不对邻国进行军事干涉。 |
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| 2 | to interrupt a conversation so that you can say something 打断谈话 |
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| 3 | to delay an event or make it difficult to do 干扰；阻挠；打扰 |
| My brother was studying to be a church minister, but the Second World War intervened. 我兄弟那时正在学习成为一名教堂牧师，但二次世界大战打断了他的学习。 |
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| 4 | if time intervenes, it passes before you do something or before something happens 发生于其间；介于中间 |
| Several months intervened before we met again. 其间又隔了几个月我们才再次相见。 |
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