imminent

单词音标

imminent音标[\'iminәnt]

汉语翻译

a. 即将来临的, 逼近的

词型变化

名词:imminentness副词:imminently

英语解释

形容词 imminent:

close in time; about to occur

同义词：at hand, close at hand, impendent, impending

例句

The ship was in imminent peril of being wrecked.

那条船马上就有失事的危险。

Italian painter, architect, and art historian who wrote Lives of the Most Imminent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors(1550), a history of Renaissance art.

瓦萨里，乔吉奥1511－1574意大利画家、建筑师和艺术历史学家，他创作了*迫近的意大利建筑师、画家和雕塑家的生活(1550年), 这是一部关于文艺复兴艺术的历史

No one has given out a warning of the imminent danger.

没有人对即将发生的危险发出警告。

An announcement of further cuts in government expenditure is imminent.

*近将发布进一步削减*府开支的公告。

详细解释

im.mi.nent

adj.（形容词）

About to occur; impending:

紧急的：马上要发生的；迫近的：

例句：

in imminent danger.

濒临危险

来源：

Middle English iminent

中古英语 iminent

from Old French imminent

源自 古法语 imminent

from Latin imminôns imminent- [present participle of] imminôre [to overhang]

源自 拉丁语 imminôns imminent- [] imminôre的现在分词 [逼近，威胁]

in- [in] * see in- 2

in- [在…里面] *参见 in-2

-minôre [to jut, threaten] * see men- 2

-minôre [突出，威胁] *参见 men- 2

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im.minently

adv.（副词）

im.minentness

n.（名词）