The sense of the Coming's imminence was like an electric tension in the air.

他即将降临之感有如空中积蓄的雷电。

But somehow the imminence of an event that had been long expected, loved, feared and prepared for made them dejected.

但是不知怎地，当一件很久以来就期待、热爱、担心和为之精心准备的事情就要来临时，他们的情绪反倒低落起来。

But the very imminence of the emergency paralyzed his invention.

但是紧急情况的迫在眉睫使他的发明瘫痪了。

This operation lasted until January, 1917, when the imminence of war with Germany led to the withdrawal of the American soldiers.

这一行动一直持续到 1917 年 1 月，当时与德国的战争迫在眉睫导致国士兵撤。

" I drink to the imminence of His Coming, " said Morgana Rothschild, whose turn it happened to be to initiate the circular rite.

“我为他即将到临干。”摩尔根娜·罗斯柴尔德说。传正好轮到她启动。

Much that is unique in old age in fact derives from the reality of aging and the imminence of death .

事实上，老年独特之处多是由于衰老这一现实及死亡之逼近。

Then she heard an ominous sound in the driveway, outside the window, a sound that brought home to her even more sharply the imminence of Ashley's departure.

接着她听见窗外车道上传来不祥的声响，这使她更加紧张地感觉到到与艾希礼的分别已迫在眉睫。

While the government itself admitted the progress of the rebellion, the officers in Macondo had confidential reports of the imminence of a negotiated peace.

虽然政府本身承认叛乱的进展，但马孔多的军官们收到了关于谈判和平迫在眉睫的机密报告。

At lunchtime he was chatting with Arcadio, who was alreadya huge adolescent, and he found him more and more excited over the imminence of war.

午餐时间，他正在和阿卡迪奥聊天，阿卡迪奥已经是一个巨大的青少年，他发现他对战争的迫在眉睫越来越兴奋。

By connecting us with our emotional histories, nostalgia can help us to stave off sadness, loneliness, existential threat and even the imminence of death and the approaching horizon of our lives as we age.

通过将我们与我们的情感历史联系起来， 怀旧可以帮助我们避免悲伤、孤独、生存威胁， 甚至随着年龄的增长， 死亡的迫近和生命即将到来的地平线。

Already Alice could read the begrimed gilt letters of the sign; and although they had spelled destiny never with a more painful imminence than just then, an old habit of dramatizing herself still prevailed with her.

爱丝已经可以读懂标志上那些被鎏金的字母了。尽管他们从未像那时那样痛苦地注定命运，但一种将自己戏剧化的旧习惯仍然在她身上占了上风。

" I drink to the imminence of His Coming, " he repeated, with a sincere attempt to feel that the coming was imminent; but the eyebrow continued to haunt him, and the Coming, so far as he was concerned, was horribly remote.

“我为他的即将到临干。”伯纳重复着她的话，打心眼里努力想感到他即将到来，但那一道眉毛仍然萦绕不去，对伯纳来说，他的到临还远得可怕。