[attrib.]approaching from the front; moving towards one 迎面而来的;接近的 she walked into the path of an oncoming car. 她走入了一辆迎面而来的轿车的车道里。 ■(figurative)due to happen or occur in the near future (喻)即将来临的 the oncoming Antarctic winter. 即将来临的南极的冬季。
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[mass noun]the fact of being about to happen in the near future 来临 the oncoming of age. 老年的来临。