| 单词 | impending |
| 释义 | impending (ɪmpendɪŋ ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] An impending event is one that is going to happen very soon. [formal] On the morning of the expedition I awoke with a feeling of impending disaster. He'd spoken to Simon that morning of his impending marriage. Synonyms: looming, coming, approaching, near Collocations: impending birth Companies have been quick to seize on the commercial opportunities offered by the impending birth. Times, Sunday Times The couple, left, announced the impending birth on the website. The Sun Not exactly the kind of thing that's going to help you relax and feel confident about the impending birth. The Sun Not bad advice either, for an impending election. Times,Sunday Times No one, not even an impending election, was going to take that away. The Sun There was no sign of an impending election. The Times Literary Supplement Staged sales to institutions normally require a discount to attract buyers, and given the increasing political risk of an impending election, the discount would have to be even bigger. Times, Sunday Times It said that there was still market uncertainty, not least because of the impending election, but that a recent restructuring had built flexibility into the business. Times, Sunday Times Other friends said they burst into tears, overwhelmed with a sense of impending loss. Times, Sunday Times It can sense an impending loss of control before the driver even realises it and automatically make split-second corrections. Times, Sunday Times But some are far more cushioned against impending losses than others. The Sun Of course, there are some small or perhaps not so small clouds hanging over their impending marriage. The Times Literary Supplement He had gone there to collect papers needed for his impending marriage. Times,Sunday Times His intention was to showcase his social and economic position prior to his impending marriage by building a house reflecting his lifestyle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even the impending marriage to a sympathetic young man can not overcome her inner barriers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have struggled with disclosing their engagement to the rest of the group and individually doubt their impending marriage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rumours of the impending move to abolish entrepreneurs' relief has already led to a backlash from business champions. Times,Sunday Times I get back from my walk and talk to my partner about his impending move. The Times Literary Supplement Packing cases line the landing; naked picture hooks on the walls tell of the impending move. Times, Sunday Times Hadley's impending nuptials preoccupied Aunt Grace with a feverish monomania. THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES (2002) Shouldn't all this be saved for the privacy of his impending nuptials? Times, Sunday Times (2010) Amid preparations for the companies' impending nuptials, it quickly became clear that the merged miner and commodities trainer would have to unwind the purchase. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We are likely to see further changes when we emerge from the current crisis and impending recession. Times, Sunday Times Hundreds of billions of dollars were wiped off stock markets around the world, adding to commentators' fears of an impending recession. Times, Sunday Times There have been a couple of occasions in the past quarter-century when business confidence fell sharply without signalling impending recession. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, many economists regard an inverted yield curve as a warning of impending recession. Times, Sunday Times Despite the impending recession, over-stretched employees should not succumb to pressure to turn up at the office earlier and leave work later - it's bad for the economy. Times, Sunday Times This was the most painful defeat, all the more so perhaps because of their hero's impending retirement. Times, Sunday Times I might weary of talking about my impending retirement. Christianity Today He had also been anxious about his impending retirement. Times, Sunday Times His impending retirement has been written about, discussed and debated for more than two months. Times, Sunday Times As news of his impending retirement spread, he was applauded at cricket grounds around the country. Times, Sunday Times The family began collecting in earnest in the early 1990s and appear to have timed the impending sale to perfection. Times, Sunday Times I did this shortly after hearing about the impending sale. Times, Sunday Times That was the family's official line when news of the impending sale first broke, but it soon became obvious that the end was near. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet the run-up to an impending storm tends to get more coverage than the clean-up afterwards, leaving a false impression of unrepaired devastation. Times, Sunday Times Other animals, however, can predict an impending storm and flee in good time. Times, Sunday Times Thus, the public had no idea of the impending storm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These clouds can cause severe weather and sightings of pelei should be viewed as a warning of an impending storm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The population was not warned correctly of the impending storm, causing the preparations to be insufficient. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 People are starting to take notice of this impending threat. The Sun We stop thinking clearly because we are so focused on how we feel, responding to a sense of impending threat. Times, Sunday Times That friendship has begun to crumble as of late with the impending threat of college and separation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although both candidates discussed similar issues in their campaign, particularly public education and industrial development, local issues were totally overshadowed by the impending threat of war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The software analyses the data, compares it with emails, text messages and social media files, and alerts law enforcement officials to impending threats. Times, Sunday Times Even in the 1930s it was the belief that good times would return — and then an impending war — that kept totalitarianism at bay. Times, Sunday Times Talk turns to the impending war, with a debate raging over whether warfare can have a constructive role in sweeping away the old orthodoxies. Times, Sunday Times Doom has been selling newspapers for decades, in the form of impending war, famine, pollution, disease or economic collapse. Times, Sunday Times She eventually enjoyed her season, oblivious to the impending war, which, when it came, she thought was 'the end of our lives'. Times, Sunday Times I thought it must be the impending war. Globe and Mail Translations: Chinese: 即将发生的 Japanese: 差し迫った |
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