offing

漢語翻譯

英文解釋：

名詞 offing:

1. the near or foreseeable future
2. the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area

動詞 off:

1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
   同義詞：murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove

例句：

1. They paid me the princely sum of USD5000.
   他們慷慨地給我5000美元。
2. The writer gets a 10% royalty on each copy sold of his book.
   作者從每本賣出的書中可得10%的版稅。
3. The woman said that she could not sleep without her husband's snore after 20 years of marriage.
   那位婦人說結婚20年來，聽不到她丈夫的呼嚕聲，她就睡不著覺。
4. The smell of cooking tells them there is a meal in the offing.
   他們聞到做菜的味兒，知道眼看要吃飯了。
5. The mean of 7,9 and 14 is 10.
   7、9和14 的平均數是10。
6. Look at those black clouds. I think there is rain in the offing.
   看那些烏雲，我想天馬上就要下雨了。
7. I felt comfortable sailing on the smoothness of the sea.
   在平靜的海面上航行我感到很舒服。