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单词 imminent
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Definition of imminent in English:

imminent

adjective ˈɪmɪnəntˈɪmənənt
  • 1About to happen.

    they were in imminent danger of being swept away
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That leaves the question of how immediate or imminent the threatened violence needs to be.
    • In the new era which Mark believes is dawning, the temple is rejected and its imminent destruction is expected.
    • The second is messianism, the expectation of imminent transformation of the world.
    • How could the mother have imagined the imminent danger that was closing in on her son?
    • An imminent merger means that his colleagues are all threatened with redundancy.
    • A number of groups are trying to save our lighthouses in the face of this imminent threat.
    • Overall then, there's no sign the payout is in danger, nor any sign of imminent share price fireworks.
    • It was hard to sit in one and not expect the imminent arrival of the drinks trolley.
    • The expectation among outsiders oscillates between an imminent rise and an early cut in rates.
    • A falcon with regard to an expected visitor indicates imminent news or arrival.
    • But the imminent threat of recession was not the economic fundamental he had in mind.
    • This alarm will sound if opened by a small child to alert parents of the imminent danger.
    • I will tell you that it did not appear to be a terrorist event and there is no imminent threat.
    • Tiles have fallen from the roof of the small chapel and the entrance archway looks in danger of imminent collapse.
    • In the end, is it about imminent threats or about picking fights you can win?
    • These Lutherans were pietist and puritanical, expecting the imminent apocalypse.
    • The imminent use of biological weapons and the threat of millions of deaths is not a laughing matter.
    • The fourth scenario is similar to the third except that the danger is not as imminent.
    • The only difference is that the threat from the former is real and imminent and part of an ongoing development programme.
    • As we spoke, the siren of an approaching ambulance warned of the imminent arrival of yet another victim.
    Synonyms
    impending, at hand, close, near, approaching, fast approaching, coming, forthcoming, on the way, about to happen, upon us, in store, in the offing, in the pipeline, on the horizon, in the air, in the wind, brewing, looming, looming large
    threatening, menacing
    expected, anticipated
    informal on the cards
  • 2archaic Overhanging.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin imminent- 'overhanging, impending', from the verb imminere, from in- 'upon, towards' + minere 'to project'.

Rhymes

discriminant
 
 

Definition of imminent in US English:

imminent

adjectiveˈimənəntˈɪmənənt
  • 1About to happen.

    they were in imminent danger of being swept away
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tiles have fallen from the roof of the small chapel and the entrance archway looks in danger of imminent collapse.
    • A number of groups are trying to save our lighthouses in the face of this imminent threat.
    • That leaves the question of how immediate or imminent the threatened violence needs to be.
    • In the new era which Mark believes is dawning, the temple is rejected and its imminent destruction is expected.
    • But the imminent threat of recession was not the economic fundamental he had in mind.
    • I will tell you that it did not appear to be a terrorist event and there is no imminent threat.
    • How could the mother have imagined the imminent danger that was closing in on her son?
    • It was hard to sit in one and not expect the imminent arrival of the drinks trolley.
    • An imminent merger means that his colleagues are all threatened with redundancy.
    • These Lutherans were pietist and puritanical, expecting the imminent apocalypse.
    • In the end, is it about imminent threats or about picking fights you can win?
    • The imminent use of biological weapons and the threat of millions of deaths is not a laughing matter.
    • The expectation among outsiders oscillates between an imminent rise and an early cut in rates.
    • The fourth scenario is similar to the third except that the danger is not as imminent.
    • The only difference is that the threat from the former is real and imminent and part of an ongoing development programme.
    • Overall then, there's no sign the payout is in danger, nor any sign of imminent share price fireworks.
    • The second is messianism, the expectation of imminent transformation of the world.
    • As we spoke, the siren of an approaching ambulance warned of the imminent arrival of yet another victim.
    • This alarm will sound if opened by a small child to alert parents of the imminent danger.
    • A falcon with regard to an expected visitor indicates imminent news or arrival.
    Synonyms
    impending, at hand, close, near, approaching, fast approaching, coming, forthcoming, on the way, about to happen, upon us, in store, in the offing, in the pipeline, on the horizon, in the air, in the wind, brewing, looming, looming large
  • 2archaic Overhanging.

Usage

See eminent

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin imminent- ‘overhanging, impending’, from the verb imminere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + minere ‘to project’.

 
 
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