intervene

/,intə'vi:n/

Thân thiện

The teacher intervenes to help two students resolve a disagreement.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To occur between other events or between certain points of time: To happen in the period separating two other events or moments.
   • To be placed or located between other things: To lie or exist in a middle position.
   • To get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action: To intentionally become involved in a situation, typically to influence or stop it.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The war intervened between the birth of her two children. (A period of war happened in the time between the two births.)
  • This interlude intervenes between the two movements. (This short piece of music is placed between the two main sections.)
  • Eight days intervened. (A period of eight days passed or came between two points in time.)
  • Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II? (Why did the U.S. not get involved to take action sooner?)

Advanced Usage

• "to intervene in": To become involved in a situation, argument, or process.
  • The government refused to intervene in the labor dispute.
• "to intervene on behalf of someone": To act in order to help or support someone.
  • The lawyer intervened on behalf of her client.

Variants and Related Words

• Intervention (n): The action or process of intervening.
  • The military intervention was controversial.
• Intervening (adj): Occurring or located between things.
  • The intervening years saw many changes.

Synonyms

• Intercede: To intervene on behalf of another.
• Mediate: To intervene in a dispute to bring about an agreement.
• Interrupt: To stop the continuous progress of an activity or process (can overlap in the sense of hindering).

Related Phrases

• Divine intervention: The involvement of a god or supernatural force in human affairs.
  • They prayed for divine intervention to end the drought.

Học thuật

Verb

1. occur between other event or between certain points of time
   • the war intervened between the birth of her two children
2. be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
   • This interludes intervenes between the two movements
   • Eight days intervened
3. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
   • Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?

Từ đồng nghĩa

• step in
• interfere
• interpose