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

• There's dirty weather in the offing.
  现在近海处天气恶劣。
• A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
  可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。
• Elsewhere in Asia, a similar outcome appears to be in the offing.
  在亚洲其它地区，类似结果看来也将上演。
• 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。
• There was a wedding in the offing.
  不久将要举行一个婚礼。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thus, Cable Science Network, or CSN, is in the offing.
  因此「有线科学电视网」（CSN）即将诞生。
• We spotted a yacht in the offing.
  我们在外海发现一艘游艇。
• 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。