(especially of something unpleasant )尤指不愉快的事 likely to happen very soon 即将发生的;临近的 the imminent threat of invasion 迫在眉睫的入侵威胁 The system is in imminent danger of collapse. 这个体制面临着崩溃的危险。 An announcement about his resignation is imminent. 马上就要宣布他的辞职。 An attack seems imminent. 袭击似乎迫在眉睫。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryImminent is used with these nouns:- arrival
- catastrophe
- danger
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin imminent- ‘overhanging, impending’, from the verb imminere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + minere ‘to project’.