单词 | intervene |
释义 | intervene /in'teuhr veen"/, v.i. , intervened, intervening. 1. to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate. 2. to occur or be between two things. 3. to occur or happen between other events or periods: Nothing important intervened between the meetings. 4. (of things) to occur incidentally so as to modify or hinder: We enjoyed the picnic until a thunderstorm intervened. 5. to interfere with force or a threat of force: to intervene in the affairs of another country. 6. Law. to interpose and become a party to a suit pending between other parties. [1580-90; < L intervenire to come between, equiv. to inter- INTER- + venire to COME; see CONVENE] Syn. 1. arbitrate, interpose. |
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