An intervening period of time is one that separates two events or points in time.
例句
During those intervening years Bridget had married her husband Robert...在那中间的几年里,布里奇特嫁给了她的丈夫罗伯特。I had spent the intervening time in London, with Gretchen.我与格蕾琴在伦敦度过了那中间的一段时间。
ADJ
(物体、地区)介于中间的
An intervening object or area comes between two other objects or areas.
例句
They had scoured the intervening miles of moorland.他们已经仔细搜遍了其间绵延数英里的高沼地。
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. occurring or falling between events or points in time;
"so much had happened during the intervening years"
2. standing between or separating two objects or areas;
"Paris--where the same city lies on both sides of an intervening river""after reaching the top of the hill he looked across an intervening meadow to another line of hills"