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词汇迷英语词典impend的中文意思

impend

英 [ɪm'pend] 美[ɪmˈpɛnd]

vi. 迫近；即将发生

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英英释义

1. be imminent or about to happen;: "Changes are impending"

实用场景例句

Crucial events impend in Europe.: 欧洲即将发生具有决定意义的事变.

双语例句

1. Crucial events impend in Europe.: 欧洲即将发生具有决定意义的事变.

英文词源

impend: impend: see pendulum
impend (v.): 1590s, from figurative use of Latin impendere "to hang over, to be imminent," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + pendere "hang" (see pendant). Related: Impended; impending.

词态变化

第三人称单数: impends;过去式: impended;过去分词: impended;现在分词: impending;