| 单词 | in the offing |
| 释义 | in the offinggoing tohappensoon: With anelectionin the offing, themayoris gettingnervous. Examplesofin the offingin the offing There is no regressintheoffinghere. From theCambridge English Corpus So far, none seems to beintheoffing. From theCambridge English Corpus A major source of friction among all parties concerned was alreadyintheoffing. From theCambridge English Corpus As we shall see, several views areintheoffinghere. From theCambridge English Corpus He saw successintheoffing. From theCambridge English Corpus This book has been rumoured to beintheoffingfor many years. From theCambridge English Corpus Heart-clearing morning sky:intheoffingsmoke crawls; that is the warship he is aboard. From theCambridge English Corpus Excise duty applies to all cars, not just new ones, and there is no mandatory use of unleaded petrolintheoffing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As so often happens when summits areintheoffing, we have high hopes of this one. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Is thatintheoffing, or in cold storage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is every evidence from recent history to suggest that if something isintheoffing, people will take serious and dilatory action beforehand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No nuclear station has been ordered since 1970 and there is only oneintheoffingfor 1976. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, there are ominous proofs in the military sphere that such an attack isintheoffing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Who would have guessed that elections wereintheoffing? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a general electionintheoffing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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