单词 | imminence |
释义 | imminence|ˈɪmɪnəns| [ad. late L. imminēntia, f. imminēnt-: see imminent and -ence.] 1. The fact or condition of being imminent or impending.
1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. i. §28 Rufus..on the imminence of any danger or distress..promised them the releasing of their taxes. 1782Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. (1783) 56/2 The imminence of the danger. 1850Merivale Rom. Emp. (1852) II. 6 The apparent imminence of intestine war. 2. That which is imminent; impending evil or peril.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. v. x. 13, I..dare all imminence that gods and men Addresse their dangers in. 1882Quain's Med. Dict. 1151/2 The morbid imminences of this age are few. |

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