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

• Do I hear a deal in the offing?
  我听到的是一个交易吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
  可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。
• When you respond, it's a minor win, and continues to feed the notion that a bigger win is in the offing.
  当你回复，那是一次小胜利，继续在助长了一次更大的胜利不久将到来这样的想法。
• 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。
• Thus, Cable Science Network, or CSN, is in the offing.
  因此「有线科学电视网」（CSN）即将诞生。
• 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 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？