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
A little further back, Tom.
再往后一点 Tom。
Fortune is good to him who knows to make good use of her.
知道利用幸福的人才有幸福。
and without giving any consideration to the effects produced on the individuals and on their descendants by the artificial mode of existence imposed by the factory.
工厂把一种人为的生存方式强加给工人，却不顾及这种生存方式给工人及其后代带来的影响。