[no obj.][usu. as adj. impending]be about to happen 迫近,即将发生 my impending departure. 我即将到来的离别。 ■(of something bad) loom (坏事)隐现,逼近 a negative feeling of bother impended over her. 一种不祥焦虑感向她逼近。
语源
late 16th cent.: from Latin impendere, from in- 'towards, upon' + pendere 'hang'