| 单词 | intrude |
| 释义 | intrude From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishintrudein‧trude /ɪnˈtruːd/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]1 INTERFEREto interrupt someone or become involved in their private affairs, in an annoying and unwanted wayWould I be intruding if I came with you?intrude into/on/uponEmployers should not intrude into the private lives of their employees.2 WANTto come into a place or situation, and have an unwanted effectintrude onIt is to be hoped that TV cameras never intrude on this peaceful place.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusintrude• I don't want to intrude, but are you all right?• Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude. I didn't realize you were on the phone.• Companies should not have the right to intrude into employees' personal lives by giving them psychological tests.• It's very important not to intrude on the family's grief, whilst still helping with the funeral arrangements.intrude into/on/upon• The need for ubiquitous intelligence capabilities might intrude on civil liberties.• What if he didn't want her to intrude on his being?• They had not even let her keep her own loneliness but had intruded on it.• They intrude into our personal relationships, govern our patterns of consumption, inform our very notion of human worth.• The vagaries of her life and moods can intrude on the household or affect the child.• Domesticity need never intrude on the relationship; it may be sporadic, but when there it is always intense.• Failure was not allowed to intrude upon the seamless past Amelia presented to the world.• She has spent much of the last year lobbying Congress against bills that would intrude upon wilderness areas in her state.intrude on• Gas stations and fast food places intrude on the city's sense of history.Origin intrude (1400-1500) Latin intrudere, from trudere “to push” |
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