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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 intervention
 插入,介入,調停

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 in·ter·ven·tion /ˌɪntɝˈvɛnʧən/ 名詞
 介入,干涉

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 intervention
 干預

From: Network Terminology

 intervention
 介入

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·ter·ven·tion n.
 1. The act of intervening; interposition.
    Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane.   --Holder.
 2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; -- the intervention of one state in the affairs of another is typically unwelcome by the state being intervened in, but some cases of mediation between states may be called intervention.  Opposed to nonintervention.
    Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power.   --Sir W. Temple.
 3. Civil Law The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 intervention
      n 1: the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute) [syn: intercession]
      2: a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
         [syn: interference] [ant: nonintervention, nonintervention]
      3: (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a
         lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an
         original party to the suit so that person can protect some
         right or interest that is allegedly affected by the
         proceedings; "the purpose of intervention is to prevent
         unnecessary duplication of lawsuits"