From the palace to the gloomy prison is but a step--one might almost jump across the narrow canal that intervenes. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
A low pass, over which there is a wagon road crossing the hill, and near which there is a railroad tunnel, intervenes between the two hills. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
If we cut the wire connecting the poles of a battery, the current ceases because an air gap intervenes and electricity does not readily pass through air. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.