中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
吊在头上的；逼近的，即将到来的，紧急的。 an impending danger 逼在眉睫的危险。

close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"
同义词：at hand, close at hand, imminent, impendent,

例句与用法

Crucial events impend in europe .
欧洲即将发生具有决定意义的事变。

We went indoors because rain impended .
我们进屋里去，因为就要下雨了。

Rumors of impending sanctions can demoralize .
即将采取制裁的谣言能使士气低落。

I have an impending engagement .
我眼下和别人有个约会。

The terror of impending slaughter pervaded the house .
裁减工人迫在眉睫，恐怖气氛笼罩整幢楼房。

You had no idea of your impending good fortune in those times ?
那时候你还不知道马上就要交好运吧？

Glaucus gazed upon his impending fate with unwinking eyes .
格劳科斯睁大眼睛，盯着迫在眉睫的灾难。

It is the science of things to come, of impending developments .
它是关于未来事物和未来发展的科学。

The impending development happens to tend in another direction .
行将到来的发展恰好是朝着另一个方向。

In this quarter, indeed, disappointment was impending over sir thomas .
托马斯爵士在这个地区的确感到了失望。