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obtrude

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ob·trude /əbˈtruːd/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal  INTERFEREif something obtrudes, or you obtrude something, it becomes noticeable where it is not wanted (使)强行进入[闯入];强加 intrude→ See Verb table
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obtrudeIn practice, however, motives for intervention are rarely entirely pure, and an element of self-interest usually obtrudes.Throughout the revising, to her surprise and her annoyance, Mallachy had obtruded.Francis's owl-like countenance obtruded again.Memories of her grandmother's judgements obtruded themselves and she closed her mind against them.Popper insists that neither facts nor hypotheses simply obtrude themselves.Comedy obtrudes too to obfuscate matters still further.The existing caravans, and particularly the new brick and stone built communal facilities already obtrude unacceptably into the landscape.
Origin obtrude (1500-1600) Latin obtrudere to push out at
ob·trude verbChineseSyllable
something, something Corpus if you where obtrude becomes it or obtrudes, noticeable


obtrude
obtrude /əbˈtruːd/ verb [intransitive and transitive] formal
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: obtrudere 'to push out at'
if something obtrudes, or you obtrude something, it becomes noticeable where it is not wanted ⇨ intrude


ob·trudeBrE /əbˈtruːd/ 🔊NAmE /əbˈtruːd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they obtrude BrE /əbˈtruːd/ 🔊 NAmE /əbˈtruːd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it obtrudes BrE /əbˈtruːdz/ 🔊 NAmE /əbˈtruːdz/ 🔊past simple obtruded BrE /əbˈtruːdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /əbˈtruːdɪd/ 🔊past participle obtruded BrE /əbˈtruːdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /əbˈtruːdɪd/ 🔊 -ing form obtruding BrE /əbˈtruːdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /əbˈtruːdɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth/yourself) (on/upon sb) (formal) to become or make sth/yourself noticed, especially in a way that is not wanted 强行闯入;搅扰Music from the next room obtruded upon his thoughts. 隔壁的音乐声打扰了他的思绪。🔊🔊