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

• When the danger was imminent he told me to man myself.
  危险迫近时他叫我振作起来。
• 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。
• There's a storm imminent.
  暴风雨即将来临。
• There is imminent danger to our ship.
  我船有紧迫的危险。
• A sense of imminent doom was inescapable.
  一种即将来临的毁灭感无可逃避。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Every one feels that a disaster is imminent, as if a catastrophe is about to come.
  谁都感到大事不好，似乎有什么极大的灾难即将来临。
• Baggio's imminent departure is another blow for the team.
  巴乔的即将离去对该队又是一个打击。