2017考研英语二词汇(五)41 Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows. The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of Cambridge College is as solitary as a dervish in the desert. 独处与否并不是由人与其同伴之间的空间距离来衡量的。剑桥大学真正勤奋的学子虽身处蜂巢般拥挤的教室却如同沙漠中的苦行僧一样,都是在独处。intervene v. 插入;干涉;调停【构词】inter(之间)+ven(走)+e走在两者之间干涉【 派生】intervenor n. 干预者,介入者【 近】interfere v. 干预,干涉【词组】intervene in 干预;插手diligent a. 勤奋的,勤勉的;刻苦的,用功的【派生】diligence n. 勤奋;勤勉【近】industrious a