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单词 be about to
释义

be about to

adjective
If you are about to do something, you are going to do it very soon. If something is about to happen, it will happen very soon.
I think he's about to leave.
Argentina has lifted all restrictions on trade and visas are about to be abolished.
The film was about to start.
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English Easy Learning GrammarFuture referenceVerb forms
English has no future tense as such. However, several forms, especially the modalverbs will and shall, can be used to make future reference. ...   Read more

Examples of 'be about to' in a sentence
be about to

They are aware that something momentous is about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
People see a flash of yellow and think something is about to happen.
The Sun (2017)
Now something similar is about to happen to the study of the past.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I have a tendency to look at the world in terms of the problem that might be about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
OK, this guy was about to do something illegal.
The Sun (2016)
This time a year ago I had no idea what was about to happen in my life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The policy 's cumulative cost is about to pass 20 billion.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The film 's makers are about to find out if the scandal's bite is as bad as its bark.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
There was so much going on, I knew something was about to happen.
The Sun (2016)
She knows something good is about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
 Something terrible must be about to happen.
Christianity Today (2000)
Could he have spotted what was about to happen?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was then they knew that something special was about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It felt as if something terrible was about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
As if something bad is about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
No one so far has come forward to say they had seen any warning signs of what was about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
 Something big was about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This year 's championship was about to be torpedoed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But the music mogul 's protégé is about to turn on him in the most dramatic fashion.
The Sun (2015)
You watch them through your fingers - you feel that something catastrophic is about to happen!
The Sun (2010)
Suddenly, it was about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Something big is going to happen and we're about to find out what.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was a great atmosphere, you could feel what was about to happen.
The Sun (2016)
This was a bad sign -- it usually meant something dreadful was about to happen.
Alan Whicker Whicker's War
It's as if something magical is about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
 Something terrible is about to happen in my little area of north London.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He knew when something bad was about to happen, when you need to leave the building.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As the oldest, she may have had more idea about what was about to happen to her.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I feel something very bad is about to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
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