LEARNit Dictionary
intervene
verb
/ˌɪntəˈviːn/
UK
/ˌɪntərˈviːn/
US
C1+
OPAL
1
C1+
to become involved in a situation in order to improve or help it
مداخله کردن, دخالت کردن
2
to interrupt somebody when they are speaking in order to say something
قطع کردن
‘But,’ she intervened, ‘what about the others?’
3
to happen in a way that delays something or prevents it from happening
مانع شدن, جلوگیری کردن, به تعویق انداختن
They were planning to get married and then the war intervened.
4
to exist between two events or places
فاصله داشتن, در میان بودن, میان آمدن
I saw nothing of her during the years that intervened.