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Imminent 6810.Imminent 英 ɪmɪnənt]美 ɪmɪnənt 释义 Adj 即将来临的;迫近的

正面 6810.imminent
英 ['ɪmɪnənt]美 ['ɪmɪnənt]

背面
释义:
adj. 即将来临的;迫近的
例句:
1. A sense of imminent doom was inescapable.一种即将来临的毁灭感无可逃避。

1. im- "into, in, on, upon" + min- "jut, jut out, project" + -ent.2. => overhang, impend.3. => 引申义、比喻义:be near, be at hand.4. 该词的含义及其含义变迁及其构词原理和 impend 类似,可以说是基本相同。
imminent 临近的im-,进入,使,-min,逼迫,突出,词源同mount,eminent.引申词义迫近的,临近的。
imminentimminent: see prominentimminent (adj.)1520s, from Middle French imminent (14c.) and directly from Latin imminentem (nominative imminens), present participle of imminere "to overhang; impend, be near, be at hand," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + minere "jut out," related to mons "hill" (see mount (n.)). Related: Imminently."

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