looming

英 [ˈluːmɪŋ]

美 [ˈluːmɪŋ]

v.  赫然耸现; (尤指)令人惊恐地隐现; 显得突出; 逼近
loom的现在分词

现在分词：looming　

BNC.18744 / COCA.11890

柯林斯词典

• VERB （庞然大物或形状模糊之物）耸现，出现
  If somethinglooms overyou, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way.
  1. Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.
     文森特赫然耸现在我面前，面色灰白得像一块墓碑。
  2. ...the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us.
     黑暗中若隐若现、耸立在我们四周的荒山
• VERB 迫近；逼近；即将爆发
  If a worrying or threatening situation or eventis looming, it seems likely to happen soon.
  1. Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States...
     另一场政府开支危机在美国一触即发。
  2. The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.
     内战战火重燃的威胁正迫在眉睫。
  3. ...the looming threat of recession.
     日益迫近的经济衰退的威胁
• PHRASE （尤指问题或忧虑）挥之不去，萦绕心中，显得突出
  If something, especially a problem or worrylooms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.
  1. ...the terrible problem of armed crime now looming large in our society...
     已日渐成为我们当今社会一块心病的严重的持械犯罪问题
  2. As such tensions increase, they loom larger in Russia's domestic politics.
     这种紧张关系的不断加剧使其在俄罗斯国内政治中愈发凸显。
• 织机；织布机
  Aloomis a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth.

双语例句

• Scientists have warned of the looming global disaster.
  科学家就逐渐逼近的全球性大灾难发出警告。
• Differences may also be looming at the summit over NATO troop levels in Afghanistan.
  这次北约首脑会议在北约驻阿富汗军队人数问题上也出现了一些意见分歧。
• She still maintains that the state of state and local finances are a looming crisis.
  她仍然认为，美国州级和地方财政状况将带来一场危机。
• We have lived under the looming threat of an influenza pandemic for four years.
  四年来，我们一直处于一场流感大流行的隐约威胁之下。
• International conflicts on power will take place this month looming over wars and revolutions.
  本月会发生权力方面的国际冲突，战争与革命迫近。
• What we face is a looming imbalance in which demand for new drugs far outstrips supply.
  我们面对的是日益逼近的失衡，对新药的需求远远超过了供给。
• There is a looming threat of fatal disaster.
  恐有血光之灾。
• With an election looming, he has little room for manoeuvre.
  随着大选临近，他几乎没有什么回旋的余地了。
• But even a looming strike could increase pressure on international oil prices.
  但是，就算是一次可能出现的罢工也会为国际石油价格增加压力。
• Combine a looming recession in America, a presidential election and the Beijing Olympics and you have a formula for potential trouble.
  加上日以迫近的美国经济衰退、总统大选和北京奥运会，你就有了一个可能带来麻烦的“方程式”。