interposing
/in-ter-pohz/US // ˌɪn tərˈpoʊz //UK // (ˌɪntəˈpəʊz) //
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v.有主动词 verb
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in·ter·posed, in·ter·pos·ing.
- : to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
- : to put between or in the way of.
- : to put in in the midst of a conversation, discourse, or the like.
- : to bring to bear between parties, or on behalf of a party or person.
v.无主动词 verb
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in·ter·posed, in·ter·pos·ing.
- : to come between other things; assume an intervening position or relation.
- : to step in between parties at variance; mediate.
- : to put in or make a remark by way of interruption.
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Examples
In a sweeping injunction issued on June 5, Judge Seybourn Lynne forbade Wallace from “physically interposing his person” to block the entrance of the students.
Mr. Pontellier declined to interfere, to interpose either his influence or his authority.
The Canadian tried to interpose, but the Chief sternly imposed silence on him.
I felt it was time to interpose, and said that I did not see that it would help us very much to go into that matter in detail.
But when Meg proposed to take the girl immediately back to Gray Gables, he did not interpose the least objection.
There is a proverb which foretells peril to such as interpose in the quarrels of others.
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