Imminent 是一个与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）推送过的eminent既形近又容易混淆的单词。该词源自拉丁语imminere（突出、倾向，进而引申指“靠近、接近”以及“威胁、危及、逼近、近在咫尺、即将发生”）的过去分词imminentem（悬垂的、即将到来的）。16世纪20年代进入英语后， imminent 也是用来表示“即将发生的、临近的、迫近的、逼近的”，常指某个不好的或危险的事物正在威胁性地接近，

比如：

危在旦夕

in imminent danger

The imminent crisis in its balance of payments may be the myopic government's nemesis.迫近的国际收支平衡危机也许是对这届短视政府的报应。

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.名人名言

impending: (of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen; forthcoming forthcoming: about to happen or appear looming: (of an event) seemingly about to happen and regarded as ominous or worrying大声宣传和平使战争显得迫在眉睫。出自20世纪英国小说家、批评家、诗人、画家戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯（David Herbert Lawrence）。同近义词