intervene
intervene /ˌɪntɚˈvin/ nghĩa là can thiệp
Các nghĩa
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can thiệp
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.
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xảy ra giữa
To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.
An instant intervened between the flash and the report.
She counted the days that must intervene before their invitation could be sent; hopeless of seeing him before.
[…] he was prepared to allow long silences to intervene rather than exchange pointless words.
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cản trở
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.
He kept the fire brightly blazing, for he knew that it alone intervened between the flesh of his body and their hungry fangs.
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xen vào
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.
They all talked nonstop. That is, if you didn’t intervene. They were accustomed to being interrupted.
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chen vào giữa
To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
Venters calculated that a mile or more still intervened between them and the riders.
I had begun to eye the door and the intervening furniture, and quickly schemed out the best way of immediate exit.
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can thiệp (pháp lý)
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
Dạng khác
- intervenes present, singular, third-person
- intervening participle, present
- intervened participle, past