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imminent adj.逼近的；即将发生的 (1) 他面临逼近的死亡。(2) 他们没意识到逼近的危险。(3) 谣传即将发生地震引起了一阵恐慌。(4) 乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。 Imminent is from Latin imminere "to overhang," and to say that something is imminent is to say that it is hanging over you and about to fall, in a metaphorical way. If you take your mom’s car and drive it into the mailbox, getting grounded is imminent. You don’t want that hanging over your head!

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英 ['ɪmɪnənt] 美 ['ɪmɪnənt] (1) He was faced with imminent death.(2) They are unaware of imminent danger.(3) Rumours of an imminent earthquake startled a panic.(4) The black clounds show that a storm is imminent. Something that is imminent is just about to happen: if you light a firecracker and then stick it down your pants, a very bad situation is imminent. 1[ADJ 形容词](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. 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。imminenceThe imminence of war was on everyone's mind.每个人都感受到了战争的迫近。

英语单词	imminent
英美音标	英 ['ɪmɪnənt] 美 ['ɪmɪnənt]
中文释义	adj.逼近的；即将发生的
英语例句	(1) He was faced with imminent death. (2) They are unaware of imminent danger. (3) Rumours of an imminent earthquake startled a panic. (4) The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.
中文例句	(1) 他面临逼近的死亡。 (2) 他们没意识到逼近的危险。 (3) 谣传即将发生地震引起了一阵恐慌。 (4) 乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
vocabulary简明	Something that is imminent is just about to happen: if you light a firecracker and then stick it down your pants, a very bad situation is imminent.
vocabulary扩展	Imminent is from Latin imminere "to overhang," and to say that something is imminent is to say that it is hanging over you and about to fall, in a metaphorical way. If you take your mom’s car and drive it into the mailbox, getting grounded is imminent. You don’t want that hanging over your head!
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词](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. 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。 imminence The imminence of war was on everyone's mind. 每个人都感受到了战争的迫近。

Imminent Hanging Imminence 英 ɪmɪnənt] 美 ɪmɪnənt Adj.逼近的；即将发生的 Faced