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impend

🇬🇧 UK/im'pend/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To be about to happen; to be imminent or threatening.

即将发生;迫近;威胁

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
imnot, opposite of
+
pendweigh, pay out, spend, hang
=impend

Common Collocations

  • 1.impend over迫在眼前
  • 2.impending danger即将发生的危险

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Dark clouds indicated that a terrible storm would impend.

  • 2.

    With graduation day impending, the seniors felt a mix of excitement and anxiety.

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