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

• The mere mention of the words 'heart failure', can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death
  一提“心脏衰竭”四字，外行人就联想到命不久矣的情景。
• If Japanese attack which seemed imminent is now postponed, this is largely due to fear of United States.
  如果日本推迟了原来象是一触即发的进攻，这多半是出于畏惧美国。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There's a storm imminent.
  暴风雨即将来临。
• 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。
• 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。