intervene

介入する、仲裁する

助けたり、問題を止めたり、状況を変えたりするために関わること。

やさしい英語で： To become involved in a situation to help, stop trouble, or change what happens.

• The police had to intervene.
• She intervened in the dispute between her colleagues.
• Why did the government refuse to intervene?

使い方： intervene in something (The teacher intervened in the argument.); intervene to do something (A neighbor intervened to stop the fight.)

類義語： step in, get involved, interfere

よく使う表現： intervene in something, intervene to help, police intervene

障害となる、差し障る

予想外の出来事が起こり、別のことを止めたり遅らせたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To happen unexpectedly and stop or delay something else.

• We will leave unless something intervenes.
• An unexpected illness intervened and delayed our trip.
• Nothing intervened to prevent the work from starting.

類義語： get in the way, intrude

よく使う表現： something may intervene, intervene to prevent

間にある、介在する

二人の人や二つの場所、物、時点の間に存在すること。

やさしい英語で： To lie or exist between two people, places, things, or times.

• A wall intervenes between the gardens.
• Ten years intervened between their meetings.
• A wide river intervened between the town and the forest.

使い方： intervene between A and B (A deep valley intervenes between the two villages.)

類義語： lie between, come between

よく使う表現： intervene between something, years intervene

訴訟に参加する

自分の利益を守るため、すでに進んでいる裁判に加わること。

やさしい英語で： To join an existing court case to protect your own interests.

• The court allowed her to intervene.
• Several organizations applied to intervene in the case.
• He intervened because the judgment could affect his property.

使い方： intervene in something (The company asked to intervene in the lawsuit.)

よく使う表現： intervene in proceedings, permission to intervene, intervene in litigation