[ADJ 形容词]即将发生的;逼近的 An impending event is one that is going to happen very soon.
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On the morning of the expedition I awoke with a feeling of impending disaster...
出发远征的那个早上,我醒来就有一种灾难即将来临的感觉。
He'd spoken to Simon that morning of his impending marriage.
那个早上他已经对西蒙讲过他即将结婚的事了。
Oxford
im·pend·ing/ɪmˈpendɪŋ; NAmEɪmˈpendɪŋ/adjective[only before noun ](usually of an unpleasant event 通常指不愉快的事)that is going to happen very soon 即将发生的;迫在眉睫的SYN
imminent
◆his impending retirement他即将到来的退休◆warnings of impending danger/disaster对马上到来的危险╱灾难的预警im·pend·ing/ɪmˈpendɪŋ; NAmEɪmˈpendɪŋ/
LDC
impendingim‧pend‧ing /ɪmˈpendɪŋ/ adjective
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an impending event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, is going to happen very soonimpending danger/doom/death/disaster etc She had a sense of impending disaster.impending changes in government legislation
WDF
impending
[ɪmˈpendɪŋ]
原型:impending 是 impend 的现在分词
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即将发生的(52%),迫在眉睫的(45%),动词impend的现在分词.(3%)
adj.即将发生的;迫切的;悬挂的
v.迫近;悬空(impend的现在分词)
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