单词offing
n.: 海面；〈比喻〉不远的将来
v.: “off”的现在分词
网络: 近海；深水海面；洋面
即将发生:
likely to appear or happen soon
保持离岸安全距离
河口
海滨区
外视海面
〔海〕视界范围内的远处海面,海(洋)面
从岸上看得见的远外海面
(岸上能见的远处)海上,海面,洋面;〔比喻〕不远的将来
近海洋面
近海;附近处
But a few hours later he changed course, saying that what was in the offing was merely "consideration" of the idea.
但几个小时后他改变了方针，说他只是准备考虑这个主意。
He was feeling a little sleepy, despite the fact that he had only been up for 45 minutes, and a nap was surely in the offing.
他觉得有一点累了，尽管他才刚刚起床45分钟，小睡一会儿也不错。
And they have been behaving as though a cyclical turn is in the offing for a while, with cyclical companies beating more defensive stocks.
而且已经有段时间，股市表现出仿佛周期性转折即将发生的态势，周期性企业的表现优于更具防御性的股票。
But as the Fed"s second round of "quantitative easing" (QE) draws to an end this month, he gave no hint a third round was in the offing.
联储的第二轮“数量宽松”本月就将结束，但他还一点没有要开始第三轮的意思。
He quietly informed me that he had to make some changes or there would be a divorce in the offing.
他悄悄告诉我，他不得不作出一些改变，或者说他即将离婚。
A Middle East ceasefire could be in the offing during a week of high diplomacy. But Israel has mixed feelings.
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。但是，以色列对此持矛盾的态度。
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。
Hispanic voters also make up an important bloc and an interesting "realignment" of their vote might be in the offing, Zogby said.
佐格比说，拉美裔选民也是一个重要的群体，而且他们的选票有可能转向，引起人们的关注。
Moreover, he said, people online were already hypothesizing correctly that it must mean that a profile of Ai Weiwei was in the offing.
此外，他说网民们都已经正确地假设出这表明一篇描述艾未未的文章很快就要发表了。
In any event, Mr Makoni has given Zimbabweans at least a fleeting moment of hope that real change is in the offing at last.
无论如何，马考尼先生至少让津巴布韦人民有了一刻短暂的希望——真正的变革最终要马上来临。