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.- A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。
- A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
英英释义
noun
- the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
- there was a ship in the offing
- the near or foreseeable future
- there was a wedding in the offing
双语例句
- There's dirty weather in the offing.
现在近海处天气恶劣。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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）。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。