①an avenue of sth / on the avenuen.大街；林荫道

Synonymsboulevard, street, thoroughfare

• Every avenue has two directions, but only you choose which way to walk.每条大道都有两个方向，但只有你自己能决定走向何方。

②an avenue of / to / for sthn.途径；手段

Synonymsapproach, channel, path, route

• Education is the primary avenue of hope and opportunity.教育是通向希望与机遇的首要途径。

①convene sthv.召集，召开（会议等）

Synonymssummon, call, assemble, convoke

• True leaders do not assemble crowds to dictate; they convene minds to deliberate.真正的领导者召集群体不是为了发号施令，而是为了汇聚思想共同商榷。

②sb convenev.（人群、代表等）聚集，集合

Synonymsassemble, gather, meet

• When wise minds convene in quiet reflection, truth finds its voice.当智者聚于沉思之中，真理便得以发声。

①it is convenient for sb to do sthadj.方便的；省事的

Synonymshandy, practical, useful

• It is convenient for a man to find excuses when he wants to do nothing.当一个人什么都不想做时，找借口总是很方便的。

②be convenient for sbadj.（时间等）对某人合适、便利的

Synonymssuitable, fitting, appropriate

• Virtue is not a costume to be put on only when it is convenient for us.美德不是一件只在合适方便时才穿上的外衣。

③be convenient to / for sthadj.（距离上）靠近的；方便到达的

Synonymsaccessible, close, near

• Knowledge is a house that should be convenient to all who wish to enter.知识是一座宅邸，应当方便所有渴望进入的人抵达。

①intervene in sthv.介入；干预（以改善局势或调解）

Synonymsstep in, interfere, mediate, arbitrate

• We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must intervene in human suffering.我们必须表明立场。中立只会助长压迫者，绝不会帮到受害者。沉默只会鼓励折磨者，绝不会安慰受折磨的人。有时我们必须介入人间的苦难。— Elie Wiesel

②intervene to do sthv.出面干预做某事

Synonymsstep in, intercede

• Wisdom knows when to intervene to change the course, and when to let life unfold on its own.智慧在于懂得何时出面干预以改变方向，何时顺应生活自然展开。

③sth intervenesv.（事件）插进来；打扰（以致耽搁或阻止）

Synonymsinterrupt, intrude, disrupt

• We had planned to meet again, but unforeseen events intervened and altered the path forever.我们本打算再次相聚，但未曾料到的变故横生插足，永远改变了人生的轨迹。

①prevent sb/sth from doing sthv.阻止某人/某事做某事

Synonymsstop, hinder, deter, inhibit

• Nothing can prevent us from knowing that the world is bad, but also from acting so as to make it better.没有什么能阻止我们认识到世界的险恶，但也没有什么能阻止我们付诸行动让它变得更好。— Bertrand Russell

②prevent sthv.预防；防止（发生）

Synonymsavert, avoid, forestall, preclude

• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but a wise man will prevent what he can.一盎司的预防胜过一磅的治疗，但智者会尽己所能预防一切可能发生的事情。

①generate/increase/boost revenuen.（公司或机构的）营业额，总收入

Synonymsturnover, income, receipts, earnings

• Revenue is vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is king.营业额是虚荣，利润是理智，而现金才是国王。

②tax/government/public revenuen.（国家的）财政收入，税收

Synonymspublic funds, tax yield, receipts

• The revenue of the state is the state.国家的财政收入就代表着国家本身。— Edmund Burke

In this sentence

①a/the venue for sthn.（活动、事件的）举办地点，场地

Synonymslocation, site, place, setting

在本句中，wedding 作为定语修饰 venue，表示“婚礼举办的场地、地点”，是最核心和常用的名词用法。

• The mind is the venue for all creation; every masterpiece exists within before it manifests without.心灵是一切创造的发生地；任何杰作在显现于外之前，皆已存在于内心之中。

②change of venuen.（法律）管辖地变更；审判地点变更

Synonymsjurisdiction

• A true change of venue begins in the heart, for external justice cannot heal internal prejudice.真正的审判地变更始于内心，因为外在的司法管辖无法治愈内在的偏见。