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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising.
  军事行动是镇压暴动计划的第一步。
• He hospitably asked me to step in and have a talk.
  他殷勤地邀请我进去谈谈。
• There's still one more step in the process.
  还差一道工序。
• 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 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。
• Each step in the process corresponds to a single business activity.
  流程中的每一步都对应于一个业务活动。
• A review of the values is only a first step in the analysis process.
  对值的检查只是分析过程的第一步。