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imminent

音標['imin?nt] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 即將來臨的, 逼近的

詞型變化:

名詞:imminentness 副詞:imminently 

英文解釋:

形容詞 imminent:

  1. close in time; about to occur
    同義詞:at hand, close at hand, impendent, impending

例句:

  1. The ship was in imminent peril of being wrecked.
    那條船馬上就有失事危險
  2. Italian painter, architect, and art historian who wrote Lives of the Most Imminent Italian Architects, Painters, and Sculptors(1550), a history of Renaissance art.
    瓦薩里,喬吉奧1511-1574義大利畫家、建築師和藝術歷史學家,他創作了最迫近的義大利建築師、畫家和雕塑家的生活(1550年), 這是一部關於文藝復興藝術的歷史
  3. No one has given out a warning of the imminent danger.
    沒有人對即將發生的危險發出警告。
  4. An announcement of further cuts in government expenditure is imminent.
    最近將發布進一步削減政府開支的公告。

詳細解釋:


im.mi.nent

adj.(形容詞)
About to occur; impending:
緊急的:馬上要發生的;迫近的:
例句:
in imminent danger.
瀕臨危險

來源:
Middle English iminent
中古英文 iminent
from Old French imminent
源自 古法文 imminent
from Latin imminôns imminent- [present participle of] imminôre [to overhang]
源自 拉丁語 imminôns imminent- [] imminôre的現在分詞 [逼近,威脅]
in- [in] * see in- 2
in- [在…裡面] *參見 in-2
-minôre [to jut, threaten] * see men- 2
-minôre [突出,威脅] *參見 men- 2

【引伸】
im.minently
adv.(副詞)
im.minentness
n.(名詞)

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