imminent
imminentadjective- about to happen
即将发生的,迫近的
they were in imminent danger of being swept away.
他们正处于被卷走的危急中。
- (archaic)overhanging
(古)悬垂的
派生imminencenounimminentlyadverb语源- late Middle English: from Latin imminent- 'overhanging, impending', from the verb imminere, from in- 'upon, towards' + minere 'to project'
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