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impending
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/ us /ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/
used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to happen soon: （通常指不愉快或不受欢迎的事件）即将发生的，逼近的
impending disaster/doom即将到来的灾难／劫数
The player announced his impending retirement from international football.这位球员宣布他即将从国家队退役。
Synonym
imminent
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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
stare someone in the faceidiom
store
teeter
teeter on the brink/edge of somethingidiom
impending | American Dictionary
impending
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ɪmˈpen·dɪŋ/
(esp. of something unpleasant) about to happen soon:
The impending crisis over trade made everyone nervous.
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