step in

英 [step ɪn]

美 [step ɪn]

介入，干预，插手（棘手问题）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 介入，干预，插手(棘手问题)
  If youstep in, you get involved in a difficult situation because you think you can or should help with it.
  1. If no agreement was reached, the army would step in...
     如果无法达成协议，军队将会介入。
  2. There are circumstances in which the State must step in to protect children.
     有些情况下，国家必须出面保护儿童。

英英释义

verb

• act as a substitute
  1. She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold
  Synonym:substitutedeputizedeputise
• get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
  1. Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?
  Synonym:interveneinterfereinterpose

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