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

双语例句

• Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors.
  各公司想方设法地保持比竞争者领先一步的优势。
• In any case, consider this a first step in the right direction.
  无论如何，这是向正确的方向迈出了第一步。
• The elections were a step in the right direction, but there is a lot more to be done.
  举行选举是迈出了正确的一步，但仍有很多事情要做。
• The success achieved so far is only the first step in a long march of ten thousand li.
  目前的胜利只是万里长征的第一步。
• This requires that you concatenate the output from each step in the creation of the NSDs into one file.
  这需要将创建NSD的每个步骤中的输出结果连接到一个文件中。
• A common step in plug-in development is internationalization.
  插件开发中的一个常见步骤是国际化。
• The first step in the unstable tree search is to recalculate the checksum over the page.
  在不稳定树中搜索时，第一步是重新计算页面上的校验和。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.
  今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
• The Government deserves our wholehearted support for having taken a step in this direction.
  政府已朝这个方向迈进了一步，理应得到我们的全力支持。
• Many dentists will no longer treat National Health Service patients, which is a big backward step in this country.
  许多牙医不再为依靠国民保健制度的病人看病，这是该国的一大倒退。