impending

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a. 即将发生的, 迫切的, 悬空的 [法] 就要来的, 逼在眼前的, 紧急的

发音

US /ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/

词形变化

impendings 复数 impendings

教材释义与例句

动词

迫近；悬空（impend的现在分词）

形容词

即将发生的；迫切的；悬挂的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.

    Although I do think about death quite regularly, my intense fear of lesser impendings has taught me that the only way I will survive it is to remain objective […]

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of impend

    The hurricane is impending.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

    I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

imminent impendent

近义相关 1

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词源

From impend + -ing.

来源：wiktionary