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intervention
[ in-ter-ven-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or fact of coming or occurring between two people, things, or times:
Squabbling siblings generally work things out themselves, but this fight called for parental intervention.
Even the intervention of 20 years hadn鈥檛 erased their mutual dislike.
- interposition or interference of one state in the affairs of another:
The UN鈥檚 prohibition of armed intervention in the civil war can easily be criticized as antihumanitarian.
- a planned confrontation of someone engaging in self-destructive behavior, such as substance abuse, to convince them to seek treatment:
She thought her drinking was a well-kept secret until she came home to find six of her siblings and friends ready to conduct an intervention.
- Education. a targeted short-term teaching strategy for students with specific needs:
Reading interventions kept several of her students from having to switch to remedial classes.
- Medicine/Medical. a treatment, procedure, or other action taken to prevent or treat disease, or to improve health in other ways:
The patient has responded well to nonpharmacological interventions for high blood pressure.
intervention
/ 藢瑟苍迟蓹藞惫蓻苍蕛蓹苍 /
noun
- the act of intervening
- any interference in the affairs of others, esp by one state in the affairs of another
- economics the action of a central bank in supporting the international value of a currency by buying large quantities of the currency to keep the price up
- commerce the action of the EU in buying up surplus produce when the market price drops to a certain value
Derived Forms
- 藢颈苍迟别谤藞惫别苍迟颈辞苍补濒, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 颈苍路迟别谤路惫别苍路迟颈辞苍路补濒 颈苍路迟别谤路惫别苍路迟颈辞苍路补谤路测 adjective
- 辫谤辞路颈苍路迟别谤路惫别苍路迟颈辞苍 adjective
- 谤别路颈苍路迟别谤路惫别苍路迟颈辞苍 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of intervention1
Example Sentences
Sir Tony's intervention has highlighted divisions in Labour over net zero.
The Welsh government's 10-year plan will focus on early intervention without delay and more social prescribing which connects people to community based activities.
Sir Tony's intervention has also been met with dismay by Labour-supporting environmental groups.
With the bluebirds, that鈥檚 a clear thing where they need intervention.
Courts have the discretion to consider arguments from outside "interveners" - but judges often reject such interventions if they conclude they are going to hear all the relevant arguments from others.
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