Offing
n. 海面, 离岸距离
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
offing
n
(idm 习语) in the offing (infml 口) likely to appear or happen soon; not far away 即将来临; 将发生; 不远
The smell of cooking told them there was a meal in the offing. 他们闻到做菜的味儿, 知道眼看要吃饭了.
🗣️ 情景例句
You have to expect the unexpected in Shanghai.
在上海，你总会有意想不到的收获。
No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled.
没受过他人的统治，就不能很好地统治他人。
As in Australia, the first settlers found many strange birds and animals that exist nowhere else in the world.
正如在澳大利亚一样，第一批移民发现了许多在世界别的地方不存在的珍奇鸟类与动物。