imminent
adj. 即将发生的,临近的;<古>垂悬的
例句
Every one feels that a disaster is imminent, as if a catastrophe is about to come.
谁都感到大事不好,似乎有什么极大的灾难即将来临。
《新英汉大辞典》
There's been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time.
很长一段时间以来,一直有关于文化文明即将死亡的警告。
Some rickshaw pullers I met were resigned to the imminent end of their livelihood and pin their hopes on being offered something in its place.
我见过一些车夫,他们已经对他们的生活即将走到穷途末路的情形逆来顺受,寄希望于能有什么东西来代替他们。