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impending 音标拼音: [ɪmp'ɛndɪŋ] a. 逼迫的,迫切的,悬空的 逼迫的,迫切的,悬空的 impending adj 1: close in time; about to occur; " retribution is at hand"; " some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; " in imminent danger"; " his impending retirement" [ synonym: { at hand( p)}, { close at hand( p)}, { imminent}, { impendent}, { impending}] Impend \ Im* pend"\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Impended}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Impending}.] [ L. impend[= e] re; pref. im- in pend[= e] re to hang. See { Pendant}.] To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See { Imminent}. [ 1913 Webster] Destruction sure o' er all your heads impends. -- Pope. Impendence
Impending \ Im* pend" ing\, a. Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening. [ 1913 Webster] An impending brow. -- Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster] And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. -- Pope. Syn: Imminent; threatening. See { Imminent}. [ 1913 Webster] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " impending": about to be, already in sight, approaching, at hand, beetle, beetle- browed, beetling, brewing, close, close at hand, coming, forthcoming, future, gathering, going to happen, immediate, imminent, impendent, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, incumbent, instant, jutting, looming, lowering, lurking, menacing, near, near at hand, nearing, on the horizon, overhanging, overhung, pending, preparing, projecting, proximate, superincumbent, that will be, threatening, to come, upcoming, waiting
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