intervene
英 [ˌɪntə'viːn] 美 [ˌɪntər'viːn]
vi.干涉；干预；介入；调停；插入；阻挠
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◉Etymology
“Intervene” 这个词源于拉丁语中的 “intervenire”，意为 “介入、干涉”。它最初用于指在某事发生或进行时介入并行动的意愿或行为。inter-: 表示在...之间或者通过，ven: come 流动，字面意思: 在...之间流动，引申为干预.
◉外刊例句
① After the accident, the police intervened and helped the injured. 事故发生后，警察进行了干预并帮助了伤者。
—The New York Times. 2023.02.04
② From the moment he first intervened in the crisis, few doubted that he would eventually emerge as the dealmaker who would end it. 从他第一次介入这场危机的那一刻起，很少有人怀疑他最终会成为结束这场危机的交易者。
—The Economist. 2021.05.06
◉Usage Examples
(1) Don't intervene in the affairs of another country.
(2) It's time that men of good sense and good will to intervene.
(3) You'd better not intervene in their dispute.
(4) I am powerless to intervene in the matter.
(5) I will come if nothing intervenes.
(1) 不要干涉别的国家的事务。
(2) 这该是那些头脑清醒和心地善良的人们出面干预的时候了。
(3) 你最好还是不要介入他们的争端。
(4) 我对调停此事无能为力。
(5) 假若没有别的事，我一定来。
◉Usage note
From the Latin "intervenire," meaning “to come between,” the verb intervene means just that: to get involved, to jump in the middle of something, to interfere.
The verb intervene was first recorded around 1600. Since then there haven't been many interventions in its meaning or usage. You should probably intervene in a heated verbal fight between two of your friends before it escalates and gets physical. Especially if they're debating the United States’ habit of intervening in international conflicts.
◉Colins
1. [VERB 动词]干涉；干预；介入 If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it. [V] [V in n]
The situation calmed down when police intervened...
警方干预后，局势平息下来。
The Government is doing nothing to intervene in the crisis.
政府没有采取任何行动对这次危机进行干预。
2. [VERB 动词]插话；打岔 If you intervene, you interrupt a conversation in order to add something to it. [V] [V with quote]
Hattie intervened and told me to stop it...
哈蒂打断我，叫我停下来。
'I've told you he's not here,' Irena intervened.
“我告诉你了他不在这里，”伊雷娜插话说。
3. [VERB 动词]干扰；阻挠；打扰 If an event intervenes, it happens suddenly in a way that stops, delays, or prevents something from happening. [V] [V to-inf]
The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened...
除非受恶劣天气干扰，南非邮船一般在星期五上午抵达。
I pray that death may not intervene to prevent our meeting with my darling children.
我祈祷死亡不要阻挠我们与我亲爱的孩子们见一面。
