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

• 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。
• 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。
• Many feel that peace is now in the offing.
  很多人感到和平即将来临。
• Forex traders convinced themselves last week that another Plaza Accord is in the offing.
  外汇交易员们上周确信，另一个广场协议就要产生了。
• We spotted a yacht in the offing.
  我们在外海发现一艘游艇。
• 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。
• 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。
• A Middle East ceasefire could be in the offing during a week of high diplomacy.
  中东地区的停火协议在为期一周的高层外交斡旋中可能即将产生。
• Do I hear a deal in the offing?
  我听到的是一个交易吗？