imminent

英 [ˈɪmɪnənt]

美 [ˈɪmɪnənt]

adj.  即将发生的; 临近的

复数：imminents　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6410 / COCA.6712

牛津词典

adj.

• 即将发生的；临近的
  likely to happen very soon
  1. the imminent threat of invasion
     迫在眉睫的入侵威胁
  2. The system is in imminent danger of collapse.
     这个体制面临着崩溃的危险。
  3. An announcement about his resignation is imminent.
     马上就要宣布他的辞职。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (尤指不愉快的事)临近的，即将发生的，逼近的
  If you say that something isimminent, especially something unpleasant, you mean it is almost certain to happen very soon.
  1. There appeared no imminent danger...
     眼前似乎没有危险。
  2. They warned that an attack is imminent.
     他们警告袭击即将发生。

英英释义

adj

• close in time
  1. retribution is at hand
  2. some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand
  3. in imminent danger
  4. his impending retirement
  Synonym:at hand(p)close at hand(p)impendentimpending

双语例句

• Yet the imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the President's nemesis.
  不过迫近的国际收支平衡危机也许是对总统的报应。
• A disaster is imminent.
  大事不好。
• Nor have Bush and Blair pointed to any information indicating an imminent threat.
  布什和布莱尔也没有提供任何信息显示出一种迫在眉睫的威胁。
• The sense of an imminent conclusion is emphasized by his closing the book after reading only the last page.
  他只看了书的最后一页就合上了，强调了一种“大限将至”的感觉。
• By the time that happens, a storm is imminent.
  当这些情况发生的时候，一场风暴已迫在眉睫了。
• He saw that she was not only in labour, but that birth was imminent, she had already broken water.
  他察觉到她已有了阵痛，就要生孩子了，因为她的羊水已破。
• A decisive battle is impending ( or is imminent).
  迫临决战。
• Failure was not imminent, and I could not be bereft of hope easily.
  失败还没有迫在眉睫，我不能就这么轻易地被剥夺了希望。
• A national crisis is imminent.
  国难当头。
• A far more imminent danger lurks in central and Eastern Europe.
  一个更迫在眉睫的危险潜伏在中东欧地区。