| 单词 | imminence |
| 释义 | imminence (once / 12455 pages) n Imminence is when something is just about to occur. You might talk about the imminence of snow on a cold, cloudy winter morning. The noun imminence is good for describing the quality of something that's likely to happen soon. It comes from the adjective imminent, or "about to happen." A small country might worry about the imminence of invasion from a larger country, or you could predict the imminence of your dog running to bark at the door after hearing him growl at a noise outside. The Latin root word is imminere, "to overhang, impend, or be near." WORD FAMILYimminence: imminences+/imminency: imminencies/imminent: imminence, imminency, imminently, imminentness USAGE EXAMPLESHe remembered that he had felt an imminence akin to the one that came to him when he held the water wand. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) With such vast audiences exposed to incitement, the factors of “likelihood” and “imminence” acquire wholly different aspects. Salon(Apr 13, 2016) "It requires specificity, it requires intent and it requires a certain sense of imminence," Gupta said. US News(Dec 31, 2015) n the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon Syn|Hyper forthcomingness, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency state the way something is with respect to its main attributes |
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