单词
impend
英 [?m'pend]
美[?m?p?nd]
基本信息
- vi. 迫近；即将发生
GRE畅通词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?impends;过去式:?impended;过去分词:?impended;现在分词:?impending;
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Crucial events impend in Europe.
- 欧洲即将发生具有决定意义的事变.
来自辞典例句