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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - There was a wedding in the offing.
不久将要举行一个婚礼。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？