in the offing

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  • na.即将发生的；即将到来的
  • Web在附近；在海面上；在海上

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即将发生的;即将到来的

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AllAll,即将发生的即将发生的,即将到来的即将到来的,在附近在附近,在海面上在海面上,在海上在海上
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But a few hours later he changed course, saying that what was in the offing was merely "consideration" of the idea.
但几个小时后他改变了方针，说他只是准备考虑这个主意。
dàn jǐ gè xiǎo shí hòu tā gǎi biàn le fāng zhēn , shuō tā zhǐ shì zhǔn bèi kǎo lǜ zhè ge zhǔ yì 。
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2.
He was feeling a little sleepy, despite the fact that he had only been up for 45 minutes, and a nap was surely in the offing.
他觉得有一点累了，尽管他才刚刚起床45分钟，小睡一会儿也不错。
tā jué de yǒu yì diǎn lèi le , jǐn guǎn tā cái gāng gāng qǐ chuáng sì shí wǔ fēn zhōng , xiǎo shuì yī huì er yě bú cuò 。
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3.
And they have been behaving as though a cyclical turn is in the offing for a while, with cyclical companies beating more defensive stocks.
而且已经有段时间，股市表现出仿佛周期性转折即将发生的态势，周期性企业的表现优于更具防御性的股票。
ér qiě yǐ jīng yǒu duàn shí jiān , gǔ shì biǎo xiàn chū fǎng fú zhōu qī xìng zhuǎn zhé jí jiāng fā shēng de tài shì , zhōu qī xìng qǐ yè de biǎo xiàn yōu yú gèng jù fáng yù xìng de gǔ piào 。
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4.
But as the Fed's second round of "quantitative easing" (QE) draws to an end this month, he gave no hint a third round was in the offing.
联储的第二轮“数量宽松”本月就将结束，但他还一点没有要开始第三轮的意思。
lián chǔ de dì èr lún " shù liàng kuān sōng " běn yuè jiù jiāng jié shù , dàn tā hái yì diǎn méi yǒu yào kāi shǐ dì sān lún de yì si 。
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5.
He quietly informed me that he had to make some changes or there would be a divorce in the offing.
他悄悄告诉我，他不得不作出一些改变，或者说他即将离婚。
tā qiāo qiāo gào su wǒ , tā bù dé bù zuò chū yì xiē gǎi biàn , huò zhě shuō tā jí jiāng lí hūn 。
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6.
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。
tā biǎo shì , nà jiāng yǒu zhù yú jiǎn qīng tóu zī zhě duì yú gāi háng hái huì chū xiàn gèng duō wèn tí de dān yōu 。
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7.
Hispanic voters also make up an important bloc and an interesting "realignment" of their vote might be in the offing, Zogby said.
佐格比说，拉美裔选民也是一个重要的群体，而且他们的选票有可能转向，引起人们的关注。
zuǒ gé bǐ shuō , lā měi yì xuǎn mín yě shì yī gè zhòng yào de qún tǐ , ér qiě tā men de xuǎn piào yǒu kě néng zhuǎn xiàng , yǐn qǐ rén men de guān zhù 。
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Moreover, he said, people online were already hypothesizing correctly that it must mean that a profile of Ai Weiwei was in the offing.
此外，他说网民们都已经正确地假设出这表明一篇描述艾未未的文章很快就要发表了。
cǐ wài , tā shuō wǎng mín men dōu yǐ jīng zhèng què de jiǎ shè chū zhè biǎo míng yī piān miáo shù ài wèi wèi de wén zhāng hěn kuài jiù yào fā biǎo le 。
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9.
In any event, Mr Makoni has given Zimbabweans at least a fleeting moment of hope that real change is in the offing at last.
无论如何，马考尼先生至少让津巴布韦人民有了一刻短暂的希望——真正的变革最终要马上来临。
wú lùn rú hé , mǎ kǎo ní xiān sheng zhì shǎo ràng jīn bā bù wéi rén mín yǒu liǎo yí kè duǎn zàn de xī wàng —— zhēn zhèng de biàn gé zuì zhōng yào mǎ shàng lái lín 。
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With a shortage of techs in the offing, PAMA wants to give voice and appeal to a vital profession.
由于缺乏科技的主要力量，帕马想给语音和呼吁的一个重要行业。
yóu yú quē fá kē jì de zhǔ yào lì liang , pà mǎ xiǎng gěi yǔ yīn hé hū yù de yī gè zhòng yào háng yè 。
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