- 1v/ˌɪntərˈviːn/ · /ˌɪntəˈviːn/step into a dispute介入
To step into an argument, fight, or other difficult situation in order to change what happens.
文法不及物動詞：後面不接受詞。
「intervene」是走進一件正在發生的爭執或麻煩裡，想改變接下來的結果。畫面可以想成「走到中間來」。比 interfere 更中性：interfere 常帶「多管閒事」；intervene 可以是老師、朋友為了讓情況變好而插手。常說 intervene in。
示範例句 · Example
The teacher intervened when two students started arguing about the group project.
中文翻譯那老師介入了當兩個學生開始爭論關於那小組專題時。
常見搭配
intervene in
介入某情況
to become involved in a difficult situation in order to change it
Mum intervened in the argument about the dishes.
intervene to stop / prevent
介入以阻止
to step in so that something bad does not continue
Aisha's friend intervened to stop the online argument.
refuse to intervene
拒絕介入
to decide not to step into a difficult situation
The teacher refused to intervene in every small quarrel.
the police / a teacher / a parent intervene
警察／老師／父母介入
someone with a role of care or authority steps into a difficult situation
The teacher intervened when two students started arguing.
意思相反
ignorestand by
- 2v/ˌɪntərˈviːn/ · /ˌɪntəˈviːn/cut in while speaking插話
To cut in while someone is speaking, often to add a comment or to stop them.
文法及物、不及物兩種都可以：後面可以接受詞，也可以不接。
這一義是別人正在說話時，你插進去講一句。跟義項 1 分開：那裡是走進爭執想改變結果；這裡比較接近 interrupt，是打斷說話。小說對話裡常見：「Wait,」she intervened。
- 3v/ˌɪntərˈviːn/ · /ˌɪntəˈviːn/happen in between (event)中途插進來
If an event intervenes, it happens in the middle of something else and delays it or stops it for a time.
文法不及物動詞：後面不接受詞。
這一義的主詞是「一件事」：它在別的事情進行到一半時發生，把原來的計畫延後或打斷。畫面可以想成「一件事橫插進來」。跟義項 2 分開：這裡打斷的不是說話，是整件計畫。
常見搭配
something intervened
某事中途插進來
an event happened in the middle and delayed or stopped a plan
They had planned a picnic, but heavy rain intervened.
when X intervened
當某事插進來時
used after a plan that was already under way
Mei was just starting her project when a power cut intervened.
- 4v/ˌɪntərˈviːn/ · /ˌɪntəˈviːn/come between (time)間隔
If a period of time intervenes, it comes between two events.
文法不及物動詞：後面不接受詞。
這一義的主詞是「一段時間」：它走在兩件事中間，把它們隔開。In the six years that intervened 就是「中間隔開的那六年」。跟義項 3 分開：那裡插進來的是事件；這裡走進中間的是時間。
常見搭配
the years / months that intervened
中間隔開的那些年／月
the period of time that came between two events
In the two years that intervened, they wrote every month.
the week that intervened between
兩件事中間隔開的那一週
the week that came between two events
Little changed in the week that intervened between the two tests.
intervening years / period
中間隔開的那些年／那段期間
the time that comes between two events (adjective form)
In the intervening years she learned to cook.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
interveneverb/ˌɪntəˈviːn/
- 1
To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
- The police had to be called to intervene in the fight.
- Nature film-makers are discouraged from intervening in the events they are attempting to capture on film.
- 2
To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.
- An instant intervened between the flash and the report.
- […] it is plain, that shaking off a Power, which Force, and not Right, hath set over any one, though it hath the Name of Rebellion; yet is no Offence before God, but that which he allows and countenances, though even Promises and Covenants, when obtain’d by force, have intervened.
- 3
To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.
- Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking.
- The weather intervened before the contest could get under way.
- 4
To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.
- Young Scarfe stared, astounded. “You haven’t met before,” Mrs. Gould intervened. “Mr. Decoud—Mr. Scarfe.”
- “That sounds suspiciously like bigotry to me,” intervened Maitland, sweetening his impertinence with a dimpled smile.
- 5
To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
- The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
- 1668, Joseph Glanvill, Plus Ultra, or, The Progress and Advancement of Knowledge since the Days of Aristotle, London: James Collins, Chapter 11, p. 79, How defective the Art of Navigation was in elder Times, when they Sailed by the observation of the Stars, is easie to be imagin’d: For in dark weather, when their Pleiades, Helice, and Cynosura were hidden from them by the intervening Clouds, the Mariner was at a loss for his Guide, and exposed to the casual conduct of the Winds and Tides.
- 6
lawIn 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
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