offing

英 [ˈɒfɪŋ]

美 [ˈɔːfɪŋ]

n.  岸上能见的远处海上（海面）；近岸安全距离；近岸抛锚; （喻）不远的将来

BNC.20477 / COCA.20370

习惯用语

n.

in the offing
• 即将发生
  likely to appear or happen soon
• I hear there are more staff changes in the offing.
  我听说有更多的人事变动在酝酿中。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 即将发生；在酝酿中
  If you say that something isin the offing, you mean that it is likely to happen soon.
  1. A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
     可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。

英英释义

noun

• the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
  1. there was a ship in the offing
• the near or foreseeable future
  1. there was a wedding in the offing

双语例句

• Thus, Cable Science Network, or CSN, is in the offing.
  因此「有线科学电视网」（CSN）即将诞生。
• A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
  可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。
• According to a local newspaper, a rise in petrol price is in the offing.
  根据一间当地报纸，汽油涨价即将发生。
• Look at those black clouds. I think there is rain in the offing.
  看那些乌云，我想天马上就要下雨了。
• The key question now confronting the central bank is how much of that slowdown reflects anomalous factors such as a port strike and bad weather, and whether a sharp rebound is in the offing.
  美联储目前面临的一个关键问题是：经济放缓在多大程度上反映了码头罢工及恶劣天气等异常因素，美国经济是否很快就会快速反弹。
• Many assume that some form of compromise is in the offing.
  许多人认为，即将出现某种形式的妥协。
• Form where we lay anchor, we could see the ships in the offing.
  从我们抛锚的地方可以看到近海的船。
• There's dirty weather in the offing.
  现在近海处天气恶劣。
• Do I hear a deal in the offing?
  我听到的是一个交易吗？
• When you respond, it's a minor win, and continues to feed the notion that a bigger win is in the offing.
  当你回复，那是一次小胜利，继续在助长了一次更大的胜利不久将到来这样的想法。