looming

英 [ˈluːmɪŋ]

美 [ˈluːmɪŋ]

v.  赫然耸现; (尤指)令人惊恐地隐现; 显得突出; 逼近
loom的现在分词

现在分词：looming　

BNC.18744 / COCA.11890

柯林斯词典

• VERB （庞然大物或形状模糊之物）耸现，出现
  If somethinglooms overyou, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way.
  1. Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.
     文森特赫然耸现在我面前，面色灰白得像一块墓碑。
  2. ...the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us.
     黑暗中若隐若现、耸立在我们四周的荒山
• VERB 迫近；逼近；即将爆发
  If a worrying or threatening situation or eventis looming, it seems likely to happen soon.
  1. Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States...
     另一场政府开支危机在美国一触即发。
  2. The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.
     内战战火重燃的威胁正迫在眉睫。
  3. ...the looming threat of recession.
     日益迫近的经济衰退的威胁
• PHRASE （尤指问题或忧虑）挥之不去，萦绕心中，显得突出
  If something, especially a problem or worrylooms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.
  1. ...the terrible problem of armed crime now looming large in our society...
     已日渐成为我们当今社会一块心病的严重的持械犯罪问题
  2. As such tensions increase, they loom larger in Russia's domestic politics.
     这种紧张关系的不断加剧使其在俄罗斯国内政治中愈发凸显。
• 织机；织布机
  Aloomis a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth.

双语例句

• With the dawn came the guardians of the law, looming dark against the silvery horizon.
  黎明时，法律的卫士们来到了，银色的地平线上朦胧出现了他们的黑影。
• But the looming battle concerns politics, not economics.
  但即将到来的斗争是政治上的，而不是经济上的。
• But even a looming strike could increase pressure on international oil prices.
  但是，就算是一次可能出现的罢工也会为国际石油价格增加压力。
• Water plants and reeds looming, it seems that there is no wind candles away from this place.
  水草和芦苇若隐若现，似乎有烛光远离了这没有风的地方。
• Pandemic influenza is the third global crisis looming on the horizon.
  大流行性流感是正在逼近的第三个全球性危机。
• Scientists have warned of the looming global disaster.
  科学家就逐渐逼近的全球性大灾难发出警告。
• Combine a looming recession in America, a presidential election and the Beijing Olympics and you have a formula for potential trouble.
  加上日以迫近的美国经济衰退、总统大选和北京奥运会，你就有了一个可能带来麻烦的“方程式”。
• Differences may also be looming at the summit over NATO troop levels in Afghanistan.
  这次北约首脑会议在北约驻阿富汗军队人数问题上也出现了一些意见分歧。
• For global health security, I share your deep concern about the looming threat of an influenza pandemic.
  对全球卫生安全来说，我与你们一样也在深切关注一场大流行性流感迫近的威胁。
• Despite these looming challenges, some positive trends are emerging and Africans are taking charge of their development needs.
  在这些挑战浮现的同时，非洲也出现了一些积极趋势，非洲人正为其发展需求而努力。