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

• 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。
• There's dirty weather in the offing.
  现在近海处天气恶劣。
• 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。
• He said that could have helped to curtail investor fears that further problems were in the offing.
  他表示，那将有助于减轻投资者对于该行还会出现更多问题的担忧。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。