imminent

• adj.

im-,入る,作る, -min,力,強調, 語源的にはmount, eminentと同じ.派生語源imminent, 近づく.

imminent

imminent: see prominent

imminent (adj.)

1520s, from Middle French imminent (14c.) and directly from Latin imminentem (nominative imminens), present participle of imminere "to overhang; impend, be near, be at hand," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + minere "jut out," related to mons "hill" (see mount (n.)). Related: Imminently.

1. A sense of imminent doom was inescapable.

これから訪れる破滅感から逃れることはできない。

2.the imminent threat of invasion

差し迫った侵入脅威

3.The black clouds show that a storm is imminent .

黒雲は嵐が来ることを予告している.

4.Black clouds，thunder and lightning show that a storm is imminent .

黒雲、雷、電気は嵐が目前に迫っていることを示している。

5.The country is in imminent danger.

国難に立ち向かう。