in the offing

即将到来的即将发生的事情即将开始即将发生的

in the offing 的定义

  1. In the near or immediate future; soon to come. For example, Jan was delighted that exams were finished and graduation was in the offing. This expression originally meant “in the part of the ocean visible between shore and horizon”; its figurative use dates from the late 1700s. Also see in the wind.

in the offing 近义词

in the offing

等同于 near

in the offing 的近义词 12 个
in the offing 的反义词 11 个
in the offing

等同于 pending

in the offing 的近义词 19 个
in the offing 的反义词 4 个
in the offing

等同于 coming

in the offing 的近义词 46 个
in the offing 的反义词 5 个
in the offing

等同于 future

in the offing 的近义词 46 个
in the offing 的反义词 5 个
in the offing

等同于 imminent

in the offing 的近义词 40 个
in the offing 的反义词 9 个
in the offing

等同于 impending

in the offing 的近义词 40 个
in the offing 的反义词 9 个

更多in the offing例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  3. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  4. This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
  5. Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
  8. The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
  9. So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.
  10. Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.