impending
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/us/ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/used to refer to anevent, usually somethingunpleasantorunwanted, that is going tohappensoon:
（通常指不愉快或不受欢迎的事件）即将发生的，逼近的impendingdisaster/doom即将到来的灾难／劫数
Theplayerannouncedhis impendingretirementfrominternationalfootball.这位球员宣布他即将从国家队退役。
Synonym
imminent
About to happen
- (just) around the corneridiom
- about
- at handidiom
- be on the point of(doing) somethingidiom
- be ready to rollidiom
- beckon
- come up
- corner
- horizon
- impend
- in the airidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in-store
- loom
- ready
- stare
- staresomeonein the faceidiom
- store
- teeter
- teeter on the brink/edge ofsomethingidiom