intervene

1. V-I If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it. 乾預

The situation calmed down when police intervened. 警察乾預後，侷勢平靜了下來。

2. V-I If you intervene, you interrupt a conversation in order to add something to it. 插話

Hernandez intervened and told me to stop it. 賀爾南德玆插話，不讓我再說下去。

3. V-I If an event intervenes, it happens suddenly in a way that stops, delays, or prevents something from happening. 乾擾

The mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened. 除非受到惡劣天氣的乾擾，郵船於星期五上午到達。