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单词 impendency
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
im•pend  (im pend′),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to be imminent;
    be about to happen.
  2. to threaten or menace:He felt that danger impended.
  3. [Archaic.]to hang or be suspended;
    overhang (usually fol. by over).
  • Latin impendēre to hang over, threaten. See im-1, pend
  • 1580–90

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
im•pend•ent  (im pen′dənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. impending.
  • Latin impendent- stem of impendēns present participle of impendēre to hang over, threaten. See impend, -ent
  • 1585–95
im•pend′ence, im•pend′en•cy, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
impend /ɪmˈpɛnd/ vb (intransitive)
  1. (esp of something threatening) to be about to happen; be imminent
  2. (followed by over) rare to be suspended; hang
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin impendēre to overhang, from pendēre to hang

imˈpendence, imˈpendency n
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