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

• A showdown is looming between the new government and the president concerning the judiciary.
  新政府和总统在司法问题上的摊牌迫在眉睫。
• She still maintains that the state of state and local finances are a looming crisis.
  她仍然认为，美国州级和地方财政状况将带来一场危机。
• The discussion focused on a single question: was a recession looming?
  讨论聚焦在一个简单的问题上：经济衰退是否正在迫近？
• Why did he vanish when a Hollywood contract could have been looming?
  为什么当好莱坞的片约隐约呈现的时候，他却消失了呢？
• With an election looming, he has little room for manoeuvre.
  随着大选临近，他几乎没有什么回旋的余地了。
• This looming glut could have far-reaching effects on gas pricing, the report says.
  这一即将到来的过剩，可能对天然气价格产生深远影响，国际能源机构的报告说。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have lived under the looming threat of an influenza pandemic for four years.
  四年来，我们一直处于一场流感大流行的隐约威胁之下。