SAT TEM8 GMAT GRE
外刊例句
- Economists typically fail to predict downturns until they are imminent.
经济学家通常无法预测经济衰退，直到危机迫在眉睫。
——《经济学人》 - The executive order has been expected for months and news reports have repeatedly predicted its imminent rollout, only for the order to be delayed.
几个月前人们就知道会出台这项行政命令，新闻报道曾多次预测它马上要推出，但每次都被推迟。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[adjective] coming or likely to happen very soon
[形容词] 即将或可能很快发生
深入解读
imminent源自于拉丁语动词imminēre（逼近、威胁），由in-（朝着）和-minēre（威胁）构成。imminent多指不好的事情“临近的、即将发生的、迫在眉睫的”，常搭配disaster / danger / trouble等。另外要注意区别imminent与eminent这两个形近词，后者主要指因专业出众而“卓越的，著名的，显赫的”。
名人用例
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
大声宣传和平使战争显得迫在眉睫。
出自戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯（David Herbert Lawrence，通常写作D. H. Lawrence，1885年9月11日－1930年3月2日），20世纪英国小说家、批评家、诗人、画家。代表作品有《儿子与情人》、《虹》、《恋爱中的女人》和《查泰莱夫人的情人》等。
深度学习
imminent (IM in ent) This adjective describes something about to occur. Its root word—meaning “jutting out or overhanging”—allows it to be positive or negative. Don’t confuse it with the sound-alike eminent, which describes people who “jut out” of the common mass, in short, the famous or well-known.
•Odysseus escaped imminent disaster from the sea monster Charybdis by swinging up onto the one tree protruding from the rocky cliff.
•The eminence of Victorian biographer Lytton Strachey is based heavily on his book Eminent Victorians.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
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迫在眉睫（IM in ent）这个形容词描述即将发生的事情。它的词根意思是“突出或悬垂”，可以是积极的或消极的。不要将其与发音相似的“杰出”混淆，“杰出”是指从普通大众中“脱颖而出”的人，简而言之，就是著名或知名的人。
•奥德修斯在岩石悬崖上的一棵树上荡来荡去，躲过了海怪Charybdis即将到来的灾难。
•维多利亚时代传记作家莱顿·斯特拉奇的杰出成就主要基于他的著作《杰出的维多利亚人》。
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常见短语
“imminent” 这个词的意思是即将发生的，迫近的，通常指某种事件或情况非常近在眼前或即将发生。下面是包含这个词的50个短语，以及它们的中文解释：
- imminent danger – 迫近的危险
- imminent threat – 迫在眉睫的威胁
- imminent disaster – 即将发生的灾难
- imminent arrival – 即将到来
- imminent decision – 即将作出的决定
- imminent crisis – 迫在眉睫的危机
- imminent change – 即将发生的变化
- imminent action – 即将采取的行动
- imminent announcement – 即将发布的公告
- imminent closure – 即将关闭
- imminent event – 即将发生的事件
- imminent occurrence – 即将发生的事情
- imminent breakthrough – 即将取得的突破
- imminent decision-making – 即将进行的决策
- imminent development – 即将发展的情况
- imminent launch – 即将推出
- imminent implementation – 即将实施
- imminent release – 即将发布
- imminent resolution – 即将解决
- imminent settlement – 即将达成的解决
- imminent breakthrough – 即将取得的突破
- imminent negotiation – 即将进行的谈判
- imminent decision-making – 即将进行的决策
- imminent expansion – 即将扩展
- imminent progress – 即将取得的进展
- imminent completion – 即将完成
- imminent realization – 即将实现
- imminent agreement – 即将达成的协议
- imminent deadline – 迫近的截止日期
- imminent departure – 即将离开
- imminent arrival – 即将到达
- imminent fulfillment – 即将实现
- imminent announcement – 即将宣布
- imminent transformation – 即将发生的转变
- imminent decision – 迫近的决策
- imminent breakthrough – 即将取得的突破
- imminent shift – 即将发生的转变
- imminent renewal – 即将更新
- imminent completion – 即将完成
- imminent endorsement – 即将认可
- imminent appointment – 即将任命
- imminent update – 即将更新
- imminent preparation – 迫近的准备
- imminent acquisition – 迫近的收购
- imminent deployment – 即将部署
- imminent expansion – 即将扩张
- imminent growth – 即将增长
- imminent innovation – 即将创新
- imminent launch – 即将推出
- imminent release – 即将发布
这些短语展示了”imminent“这个词在描述即将发生的事件、威胁或情况时的用法。
同近义词
- impending: used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to happen soon
- looming: (of something unwanted or unpleasant) about to happen soon and causing worry
- upcoming: happening soon
