English-Danish translations for intervene

  • affæreJeg vil gerne takke formanden for at have taget affære i denne sag. I would like to thank him for having intervened in this matter. Jeg beder Dem indtrængende om at tage affære på hendes vegne, så hun får en mere menneskelig og anstændig behandling. I plead with you to intervene on her behalf so that she can be treated humanely and decently. Derfor beroliger det mig meget, og jeg mener, at det bør berolige alle meget, at Europa-Parlamentets Præsidium har taget affære. I am therefore very relieved, and I think we all should be, to know that the Bureau of the European Parliament has intervened in this matter.

Definition of intervene

  • To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action
  • To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events
  • To occur or act as an obstacle or delay
  • To say in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people
  • To come between, or to be between, persons or things
  • In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter., ''Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence,'Boston: Little, Brown, 1879, Volume1, p.641,[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022836583]

Examples

  • The police had to be called to intervene in the fight
  • An instant intervened between the flash and the report
  • I hadnt seen him since we were in school, and the intervening years had not been kind to him
  • Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking
  • The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa
  • an application for leave (i.e. permission) to intervene

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