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SAT TEM8 GMAT GRE
外刊例句
- Economists typically fail to predict downturns until they are imminent.
经济学家通常无法预测经济衰退,直到危机迫在眉睫。
——《经济学人》 - But even as those disclosures have flowered into optimism that real progress will soon be made, both sides have made it clear that no deal is yet imminent.
但尽管这些披露已经让人乐观地认为很快就会取得真正的进展,但双方都明确表示,目前还没有任何协议即将达成。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[adjective] about to happen
[形容词] 即将发生的
深入解读
Imminent 是一个与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)推送过的 eminent 既形近又容易混淆的单词。
该词源自拉丁语 imminere (突出、倾向,进而引申指“靠近、接近”以及“威胁、危及、逼近、近在咫尺、即将发生”)的过去分词 imminentem (悬垂的、即将到来的)。
16世纪20年代进入英语后, imminent 也是用来表示“即将发生的、临近的、迫近的、逼近的”,常指某个不好的或危险的事物正在威胁性地接近,比如:
- 危在旦夕
in imminent danger - 迫近的国际收支平衡危机也许是对这届短视政府的报应。
The imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the myopic government's nemesis.
名人名言
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
大声宣传和平使战争显得迫在眉睫。
出自20世纪英国小说家、批评家、诗人、画家戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯(David Herbert Lawrence)。
同近义词
- impending: (of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen; forthcoming
- forthcoming: about to happen or appear
- looming: (of an event) seemingly about to happen and regarded as ominous or worrying