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。
• 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？
• If so, more yen selling by the Bank of Japan is surely in the offing.
  如果真是这样的话，日本央行（boj）肯定还会继续抛出日元。
• 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？
• Is a comeback of the state in the offing, a return of big government and regulation?
  政府的回归一种大政府和大监管形式的回归是否近在咫尺？
• Put differently, if a ( quasi) private sector solution was in the offing this past weekend, then Mr Paulson and Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, invited the wrong financiers.
  换句话说，如果说在上周末，一个（准）私营部门解决方案正在酝酿之中，那么保尔森和纽约联邦储备银行（FederalReserveBankofNewYork）行长蒂莫西•加斯内（TimothyGeithner）找错了求助对象。
• However, Barca certainly believe he has a price and as Milan are looking to increase their full-back options-with Marcos Cafu and Serginho looking likely to leave this summer-a deal could be in the offing.
  当然，巴萨也非常确信他的价值，但是米兰却也增加了他们喜欢的后卫马科斯？卡福和塞尔吉尼奥在这个夏天供他们选择相信成交即将来临。
• 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。
• The key question now confronting the central bank is how much of that slowdown reflects anomalous factors such as a port strike and bad weather, and whether a sharp rebound is in the offing.
  美联储目前面临的一个关键问题是：经济放缓在多大程度上反映了码头罢工及恶劣天气等异常因素，美国经济是否很快就会快速反弹。