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 was a wedding in the offing.
  不久将要举行一个婚礼。
• There's dirty weather in the offing.
  现在近海处天气恶劣。
• We spotted a yacht in the offing.
  我们在外海发现一艘游艇。
• 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。
• Many feel that peace is now in the offing.
  很多人感到和平即将来临。
• 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。
• Some believe more desperate measures are in the offing.
  一些中小企业认为，政府将出台更孤注一掷的举措。
• 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。
• Do I hear a deal in the offing?
  我听到的是一个交易吗？
• 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？