impend

vi. 迫近, 威胁, 悬挂

发音

其它 /ɪmˈpɛnd/

词形变化

impended impendeth impending impends 三单 impends impending 现在分词 impended 过去式 impended 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    To hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.

    比喻 不及物
  3. 3.

    To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.

    不及物

    impending doom

  4. 4.

    To pay.

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

上位词 1

come

词源

Borrowed from Latin impendere (“to hang over, to weigh out”), 1590s.

来源：wiktionary