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

• 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。
• It is a market and you need to sell yourself, not just when job cuts are in the offing, but all the time.
  这是一个市场，你需要推销自己，不仅是在裁员的时候，而是在任何时候。
• US policymakers think it only prudent to imagine that something far worse than the terror attacks of 9/ 11 could be in the offing.
  美国决策者认为，唯一谨慎的做法，就是想象可能发生某些比9/11恐怖袭击更坏的事件。
• Everything's topsy& turvy at the moment with this big trip in the offing.
  因为这场大规模的旅行活动即将开始，此刻一切都很杂乱。
• And if warfare is in the offing, are there any ways to profit from the spoils of war?
  如果战争即将爆发，那么有没有办法可以从战利品中获利？
• Do I hear a deal in the offing?
  我听到的是一个交易吗？
• He said that could have helped to curtail investor fears that further problems were in the offing.
  他表示，那将有助于减轻投资者对于该行还会出现更多问题的担忧。
• There's dirty weather in the offing.
  现在近海处天气恶劣。
• 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。
• 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。