单词：in the offing
即将发生的
in the offing的用法和样例：
例句
- Form where we lay anchor, we could see the ships in the offing.从我们抛锚的地方可以看到近海的船。
- Look at those black clouds. I think there is rain in the offing.看那些乌云，我想天马上就要下雨了。
- The smell of cooking tells them there is a meal in the offing.他们闻到做菜的味儿，知道眼看要吃饭了。
- 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。