offing
英 [ˈɒfɪŋ]
美 [ˈɔːfɪŋ]
n. 岸上能见的远处海上（海面）；近岸安全距离；近岸抛锚; （喻）不远的将来
BNC.20477 / COCA.20370
习惯用语
n.
- in the offing
- 即将发生
likely to appear or happen soon - I hear there are more staff changes in the offing.
我听说有更多的人事变动在酝酿中。
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 即将发生；在酝酿中
If you say that something isin the offing, you mean that it is likely to happen soon.- A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。
- A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
英英释义
noun
- the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
- there was a ship in the offing
- the near or foreseeable future
- there was a wedding in the offing
双语例句
- Do you know what rivers, lakes and offing in China have been polluted?
你知道中国哪些河流、湖泊和沿海都被污染了吗？ - Some believe more desperate measures are in the offing.
一些中小企业认为，政府将出台更孤注一掷的举措。 - Do I hear a deal in the offing?
我听到的是一个交易吗？ - US policymakers think it only prudent to imagine that something far worse than the terror attacks of 9/ 11 could be in the offing.
美国决策者认为，唯一谨慎的做法，就是想象可能发生某些比9/11恐怖袭击更坏的事件。 - He said that could have helped to curtail investor fears that further problems were in the offing.
他表示，那将有助于减轻投资者对于该行还会出现更多问题的担忧。 - Forex traders convinced themselves last week that another Plaza Accord is in the offing.
外汇交易员们上周确信，另一个广场协议就要产生了。 - Elsewhere in Asia, a similar outcome appears to be in the offing.
在亚洲其它地区，类似结果看来也将上演。 - When you respond, it's a minor win, and continues to feed the notion that a bigger win is in the offing.
当你回复，那是一次小胜利，继续在助长了一次更大的胜利不久将到来这样的想法。 - Everything's topsy& turvy at the moment with this big trip in the offing.
因为这场大规模的旅行活动即将开始，此刻一切都很杂乱。 - There's dirty weather in the offing.
现在近海处天气恶劣。