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

• He holds$ 20bn in cash and Treasuries, in case of a big insurance claim or other upset, and can borrow more if he wants ( a European bond issue is in the offing).
  他持有200亿美元的现金和国债，以备出现大额保险索赔或者其他剧变，如果他需要，还可以借到更多（正在酝酿发行一只欧洲债券）。
• He say love me forever and marry me in the offing even said he bought a wedding ring but it never come true.
  He发言权爱我永远和和结婚我进入远处海面平稳对说他买a结婚戒指但是它从不成为现实。
• 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。
• There's dirty weather in the offing.
  现在近海处天气恶劣。
• Second, Prof Sinn believes that a more balanced eurozone growth pattern is in the offing, now that German investors have learnt how unsafe their investments abroad are.
  其次，辛恩认为，既然德国投资者已认识到自己的海外投资是多么不安全，那么，欧元区很快将实现更平衡的增长模式。
• Do you know what rivers, lakes and offing in China have been polluted?
  你知道中国哪些河流、湖泊和沿海都被污染了吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。