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oncoming

/on-kuhm-ing, awn-/US // ˈɒnˌkʌm ɪŋ, ˈɔn- //UK // (ˈɒnˌkʌmɪŋ) //

即将到来的,迎面而来的,即将到来,即将发生的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : approaching; nearing: the oncoming train; the oncoming holiday season.
    • : emerging: the oncoming generation of leaders.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : approach; onset: the oncoming of winter.

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Examples

  • Their characters might have been harbingers of an oncoming apocalypse, but their comprehension and compassion allowed them to emerge unscathed.

  • In some places, there’s less space than it’ll take to fit oncoming 18-wheelers side by side, but also no shoulders for them to put their outside wheels on.

  • It should be able to change the asteroid’s orbit just enough to be detectable from Earth, demonstrating that this kind of strike could nudge an oncoming threat out of Earth’s way.

  • But the car roared away, the driver so desperate to escape that he veered into oncoming traffic.

  • A block away, a car without a driver speeds through a red light and crashes into oncoming traffic.

  • An aura is a warning symptom, or set of symptoms, that precedes an oncoming migraine.

  • Well, there was nothing paltry about Obamacare or rescuing the country from an oncoming depression.

  • These so-called “volunteers” were clad in balaclavas and inspected each oncoming vehicle with flashlights.

  • Donny found himself, dazed and alone, upon the cross-ties, groping toward the oncoming train.

  • Other forces now shape the oncoming generations and prepare them for further sensitive influences.

  • The yacht nearly broached to, while the next oncoming wave broke fairly aboard, filling the cockpit half-full of water.

  • The next moment Harvey, with a sudden turn of the tiller, threw the Surprise full tilt at the oncoming sloop.

  • The hunter points it in a general way in the direction of the oncoming beast, pulls the trigger and hopes for the best.