impending
美音:
[ım´pendıŋ
]英音:
[ım´pendıŋ
]n.迫近
难易程度:
impending为短语/超纲词汇
词根
pend,pens=to hang(悬挂),to weigh(衡量)
近义词, 同义词
impending
/ɪm'pendɪŋ; ɪm`pɛndɪŋ/
adj [esp attrib 尤作定语] about to happen; imminent 即将发生的; 迫在眉睫的; 行将到来的
*his impending arrival, departure, retirement, visit, etc 他即将到达、离去、退休、出访等.
impending
adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: impendere 'to hang over', from pendere 'to hang']
an impending event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, is going to happen very soon
impending danger/doom/death/disaster etc
She had a sense of impending disaster.
impending changes in government legislation
1. Living in a world in which undeclared aggression, war, hypocrisy, chicanery, anarchy and impending immolation are part of our daily lives, 如今,不宣而战的侵略、战争、虚伪、诈骗、无政府状态以及即将临头的毁灭成了我们日常生活的一部分,
2. She was keyed up over her impending operation. 她为了将进行的手术而心中忐忑不安。
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