imminent的双解释义

1. 逼近（眼前）的，即将发生的，迫切的，危急的，临头的（尤指不愉快的事）
2. 一触即发的，迫在眉睫的，呼之欲出的

1. 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"
   

1. 迫在眉睫：根据当初的国家安全战略,发动对伊拉克战争的逻辑是这样展开的:当遇到迫在眉睫(imminent)的威胁时,美国有权发动先发制人的军事进攻,以达到自卫目的. 这种迫在眉睫的威胁,可以是恐怖袭击的企图和准备,

2. imminent

2. 即将来临的：immigration 迁居移民 |imminent 即将来临的 | immortal 不朽的

3. 逼近的：frigid#严寒的;冷淡的 |imminent#逼近的 | spacious#广大的

1. There does not seem to be an imminent danger of famine on a world scale.
   眼下似乎不存在大规模发生饥荒的危险。
2. They were advising clients to hedge the imminent inflation by buying farmland.
   他们曾建议顾客购买农田，以免遭受迫在眉睫的通货膨胀带来的损失。

1. Our departure is imminent.
   我们即将离别。

• The prospect of action, for a few days imminent, now postponed.

  出自：E. Waugh

• He wondered what Meyer had meant by danger. Was it imminent or to come later?

  出自：B. Bainbridge

• He displayed no signs of imminent departure.

  出自：C. Phillips