offing

1. PHRASE 即将发生；在酝酿中
   If you say that something is in the offing, you mean that it is likely to happen soon.
   1. A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
      可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。

1. A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
   可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。
2. A Middle East ceasefire could be in the offing during a week of high diplomacy.
   中东地区的停火协议在为期一周的高层外交斡旋中可能即将产生。
3. He holds$ 20bn in cash and Treasuries, in case of a big insurance claim or other upset, and can borrow more if he wants ( a European bond issue is in the offing).
   他持有200亿美元的现金和国债，以备出现大额保险索赔或者其他剧变，如果他需要，还可以借到更多（正在酝酿发行一只欧洲债券）。
4. The key question now confronting the central bank is how much of that slowdown reflects anomalous factors such as a port strike and bad weather, and whether a sharp rebound is in the offing.
   美联储目前面临的一个关键问题是：经济放缓在多大程度上反映了码头罢工及恶劣天气等异常因素，美国经济是否很快就会快速反弹。
5. 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。
6. He say love me forever and marry me in the offing even said he bought a wedding ring but it never come true.
   He发言权爱我永远和和结婚我进入远处海面平稳对说他买a结婚戒指但是它从不成为现实。
7. Put differently, if a ( quasi) private sector solution was in the offing this past weekend, then Mr Paulson and Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, invited the wrong financiers.
   换句话说，如果说在上周末，一个（准）私营部门解决方案正在酝酿之中，那么保尔森和纽约联邦储备银行（FederalReserveBankofNewYork）行长蒂莫西•加斯内（TimothyGeithner）找错了求助对象。
8. There's dirty weather in the offing.
   现在近海处天气恶劣。
9. When you respond, it's a minor win, and continues to feed the notion that a bigger win is in the offing.
   当你回复，那是一次小胜利，继续在助长了一次更大的胜利不久将到来这样的想法。
10. Do you know what rivers, lakes and offing in China have been polluted?
    你知道中国哪些河流、湖泊和沿海都被污染了吗？
11. If so, more yen selling by the Bank of Japan is surely in the offing.
    如果真是这样的话，日本央行（boj）肯定还会继续抛出日元。
12. 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。
13. US policymakers think it only prudent to imagine that something far worse than the terror attacks of 9/ 11 could be in the offing.
    美国决策者认为，唯一谨慎的做法，就是想象可能发生某些比9/11恐怖袭击更坏的事件。
14. Elsewhere in Asia, a similar outcome appears to be in the offing.
    在亚洲其它地区，类似结果看来也将上演。
15. Many assume that some form of compromise is in the offing.
    许多人认为，即将出现某种形式的妥协。
16. According to a local newspaper, a rise in petrol price is in the offing.
    根据一间当地报纸，汽油涨价即将发生。
17. Is a comeback of the state in the offing, a return of big government and regulation?
    政府的回归一种大政府和大监管形式的回归是否近在咫尺？
18. Some believe more desperate measures are in the offing.
    一些中小企业认为，政府将出台更孤注一掷的举措。
19. There was a wedding in the offing.
    不久将要举行一个婚礼。
20. And if warfare is in the offing, are there any ways to profit from the spoils of war?
    如果战争即将爆发，那么有没有办法可以从战利品中获利？
21. Forex traders convinced themselves last week that another Plaza Accord is in the offing.
    外汇交易员们上周确信，另一个广场协议就要产生了。
22. 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。
23. Do I hear a deal in the offing?
    我听到的是一个交易吗？
24. Many feel that peace is now in the offing.
    很多人感到和平即将来临。
25. Thus, Cable Science Network, or CSN, is in the offing.
    因此「有线科学电视网」（CSN）即将诞生。
26. However, Barca certainly believe he has a price and as Milan are looking to increase their full-back options-with Marcos Cafu and Serginho looking likely to leave this summer-a deal could be in the offing.
    当然，巴萨也非常确信他的价值，但是米兰却也增加了他们喜欢的后卫马科斯？卡福和塞尔吉尼奥在这个夏天供他们选择相信成交即将来临。
27. We spotted a yacht in the offing.
    我们在外海发现一艘游艇。
28. Second, Prof Sinn believes that a more balanced eurozone growth pattern is in the offing, now that German investors have learnt how unsafe their investments abroad are.
    其次，辛恩认为，既然德国投资者已认识到自己的海外投资是多么不安全，那么，欧元区很快将实现更平衡的增长模式。
29. It is a market and you need to sell yourself, not just when job cuts are in the offing, but all the time.
    这是一个市场，你需要推销自己，不仅是在裁员的时候，而是在任何时候。
30. Everything's topsy& turvy at the moment with this big trip in the offing.
    因为这场大规模的旅行活动即将开始，此刻一切都很杂乱。

n.

in the offing

• 即将发生
  likely to appear or happen soon
  1. I hear there are more staff changes in the offing.
     我听说有更多的人事变动在酝酿中。

noun

1. the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
   1. there was a ship in the offing

2. the near or foreseeable future
   1. there was a wedding in the offing