impend
英 [?m'pend]
美[?m?p?nd]
- vi. 迫近；即將發(fā)生
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?impends;過去式:?impended;過去分詞:?impended;現(xiàn)在分詞:?impending;
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Crucial events impend in Europe.
- 歐洲即將發(fā)生具有決定意義的事變.
來自辭典例句