intervening

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ An intervening period of time is one that separates two events or points in time. 發(fā)生于其間的[ADJ n]
During those intervening years Bridget had married her husband Robert. 在其間的那些年里，布里奇特與羅伯特結(jié)為夫妻。
2. ADJ An intervening object or area comes between two other objects or areas. 介于中間的[ADJ n]
They had scoured the intervening miles of desert. 他們已經(jīng)搜索了那介于中間幾英里寬的沙漠地帶。