offing是什么意思？

offing

英[ˈɒfɪŋ] 美[ˈɔfɪŋ]

• n. 即将发生；

例句

• There’s a pay rise in the offing, I hear. 我听说快要涨工资了。
• The smell of cooking told them there was a meal in the offing. 他们闻到做菜的味儿,知道眼看要吃饭了.
• There's a pay rise in the offing, I hear. 我听说快要涨工资了.
• A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing. 可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。

词组

• in the offing
  In the near or immediate future; soon to come 不久：在很快或不久的将来；马上就来临的 Nearby; at hand. 近的：附近的；在手的

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• PHRASE
  即将发生；在酝酿中
  If you say that something is in the offing, you mean that it is likely to happen soon.
  例句
  A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing. 可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  即将发生
  There’s a pay rise in the offing, I hear. 我听说快要涨工资了。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the near or foreseeable future;
  "there was a wedding in the offing"
  2. the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area;
  "there was a ship in the offing"