imminent

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
    — To courageous, self-reliant men, with confidence in the power of free and fearless reasoning applied through the processes of popular government, no danger flowing from speech can be deemed clear and present unless the incidence of the evil apprehended is so imminent that it may befall before there is opportunity for full discussion.

词形变化

more imminent comparative most imminent superlative

词源

From the present participle of Latin imminēre (“to overhang”), from mineō ("to project, overhang"), related to minae (English menace) and mons (English mount). Compare with eminent.
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