(usually of an unpleasant event )通常指不愉快的事 that is going to happen very soon synonym imminent即将发生的;迫在眉睫的 his impending retirement 他即将到来的退休 warnings of impending danger/disaster 对马上到来的危险/灾难的预警 They were all filled with a sense of impending doom. 他们都充满了一种末日即将来临的感觉。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryImpending is used with these nouns:- arrival
- catastrophe
- conflict
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