imminent是什么意思？

imminent

英[ˈɪmɪnənt] 美['ɪmɪnənt]

• adj. （通常指不愉快的事）即将发生的，迫切的，危急的，逼近的，迫在眉睫；

副词：imminently;

名词：imminence;

例句

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent. 乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• A sanguinary encounter seemed daily imminent between the two parties in the street of Baltimore. 双方随时可能在巴尔的摩大街上掐住对方的脖子.
• Engineering completely new symbiotic relationship is obviously not an imminent possibility. 工程上完全新的共生关系显然是可能性不大.
• It is significant to the imminent prediction through researching infrasound abnormality and accrued mechanism. 但目前尚不能确定震中位置,并且对震前次声产生的机理还不是很清楚.
• The black clouds show that a storm is imminent. 乌云预示暴风雨即将来临.
• the imminent threat of invasion 迫在眉睫的入侵威胁
• Immediately back - up your data and replace your harddisk driver. A Failure may be imminent. 立即备份您的数据和更换你的硬盘驱动器. 失败可能是迫在眉睫.
• Either the Soviets sensed an imminent victory or they feared the approaching demoralization of their clients. 要么是苏联人感到胜利已经呼之欲出,要么是他们担心他们的被保护人的士气行将崩溃.
• 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 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。

同义词

• adj.
  imminent的同义词之：迫近的
  approaching, forthcoming, nearing, impending,
• imminent的同义词之：其他释义
  near, forthcoming, impending, black,

英语六级真题

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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  (尤指不愉快的事)临近的，即将发生的，逼近的
  If you say that something is imminent, especially something unpleasant, you mean it is almost certain to happen very soon.
  例句
  There appeared no imminent danger... 眼前似乎没有危险。 They warned that an attack is imminent. 他们警告袭击即将发生。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  (通常指不愉快的事)即将发生的, 逼近的，临近的
  The black clounds show that a storm is imminent. 乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. close in time; about to occur;
  "retribution is at hand""some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand""in imminent danger""his impending retirement"