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

• Another step in setting up any Java library on your system is to locate and link to the documentation.
  在系统中设置Java库的另一个步骤是定位和链接到文档。
• 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。
• The announcement was welcomed as a step in the right direction, but was widely seen as a token gesture
  该公告被认为是向正确方向迈进的一步，因而受到欢迎，但也被普遍看作是一种象征性的姿态。
• He hospitably asked me to step in and have a talk.
  他殷勤地邀请我进去谈谈。
• 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。
• Study must proceed step by step in the proper order.
  学习应该按部就班，循序渐进。
• The first step in testing the procedure is to prepare a file that can be loaded in a table.
  测试该过程的第一步是准备一个可以装载到一个表中的文件。
• 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。
• There's still one more step in the process.
  还差一道工序。
• This was a drastic step in disease control.
  这是疾病防治中一个强有力的步骤。