🇬🇧🇨🇳 intervention - 干预 : English Lesson

Meaning of "intervention" ("干预"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

An intervention is when someone steps in and does something to help fix a problem or stop things from getting worse.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The babysitter’s intervention ended the debate about bedtime when she threatened to read us the phone book as a story.

My dog’s intervention saved my sandwich from the ant army, mostly because he ate the sandwich himself.

A teacher’s intervention kept our science experiment from becoming a surprise indoor volcano eruption party.

Grandpa’s intervention saved the cake from my little brother, who was already licking the frosting like a vacuum cleaner.

In hospitals, a medical intervention is when doctors step in to help someone get better—kind of like superheroes, but with stethoscopes instead of capes.

A little boy slips into a cold river. One woman's intervention, an urgent intervention, saves him: she shouts, throws a rope, and pulls him out. A neighbor's intervention wraps a warm coat around him. The doctor's intervention checks his pulse, then smiles. The final intervention is a hug; the crowd breathes, and the boy cries and calms.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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