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interposition

/in-ter-puh-zish-uhn/US // ˌɪn tər pəˈzɪʃ ən //UK // (ˌɪntəpəˈzɪʃən) //

插话,插曲,插播,插队

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or fact of interposing or the condition of being interposed.
    • : something interposed.
    • : the doctrine that an individual state of the U.S. may oppose any federal action it believes encroaches on its sovereignty.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The interposition of saints next came to be deemed essential, and again with the most conflicting results.

  • The right of State interposition strikes at the very foundation of the legislative power of Congress.

  • Here is a plain interposition, by physical force, to resist the laws of the Union.

  • There is nothing else in it which ought to call for this interposition.

  • The tumult was appeased by the venerable interposition of Turisund.