My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago.

我和我妻子 20年前就曾谈及这个临近危险。

Usually, with the games looming, there are concerns about readiness.

一般来说，随着比赛临近，人会担心奥运会筹备工作。

Ron and Hermione's prefect duties also became more and more onerous as Christmas approached.

随着圣诞节临近，罗恩、赫敏级长工作越来越繁重。

The exams were nearly upon them, and instead of lazing around outside, the students were forced to remain inside the castle, trying to bully their brains into concentrating while enticing wafts of summer air drifted in through the windows.

考试临近了，生非但不能在户外懒洋洋地打发时光，而且还不得不留在城堡里，忍受着从窗外吹来夏日熏风诱惑，迫使自己大脑努力工作。

With Thanksgiving around the corner, retailers are gearing up for a battle.

随着感恩节临近, 零售商正着手准备这一购物狂潮。

Thank you, great sea; you always send a big wave when a storm is nigh.

谢谢你，伟大海。每当暴风雨临近时候，你总是送来一个巨浪。

Some students may feel that preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam is too much pressure for them to handle during their final year of undergraduate studies.

有些生可能会觉得在临近毕业最后一年准备研究生入考试对自己来说压力过大。

This is the abnormal rise in sea levels as a hurricane blows water ashore.

当飓风临近海岸时，海平面会升高。

NELP library is located in a modern building adjacent to the bookstore.

东北伦敦理工图书馆坐落在临近书店现代化大楼里。

As Mid-Autumn approaches, the weather turns cool.

随着中秋临近，天气变得凉爽。

They need to clear these fraternity sites so we can live peacefully.

需要清理这些临近地盘，这样我才能和平地生活。

Toward midnight, as he judged, by the solitary crow of a cock, the rain almost entirely ceased.

临近半夜，他听到了一声鸡鸣，心想雨快停了。

As the field whittles down and the caucuses get closer, the candidates actually seem to be enjoying themselves more, which made for a more entertaining debate.

随着竞选活动减少和党团会议临近，候选人实际上似乎更享受他自己，这使得辩论更有趣。

It's an end in itself, like a black hole consuming everything it touches; instead of building connections, it breaks them.

这股力量只为自己服务，犹如黑洞将临近物体统统吸入；不爱组织，爱瓦解组织。

Near the coast forecasters are concerned about a potentially large storm surge, a rise in seawater levels pushed ashore by a storm and Hagibis has already had an impact on the Rugby World Cup.

预报员担心是临近海岸可能引发巨大风暴潮，即风暴引起海平面上升导致海水涌上岸，海思贝已经影响了橄榄球世界杯比赛。

As we approach the 50th anniversary of when astronauts first walked on the moon, U.S. President Donald Trump says he's adding $1.6 billion to NASA's budget in addition to the $21 billion the agency's already requested.

随着宇航员第一次在月球上行走50周年纪念日临近，美国总统Donald Trump表示，除了 NASA 已经申请210亿美元之外，他还将为 NASA 预算增加16亿美元。

To test the waters he opened Zara's first international store in nearby Portugal in 1988.

为了试水，1988年他在临近葡萄牙开设了Zara第一家国际商店。

The deadline for the problem set drops upon you or graduation somehow already looms.

习题截止日期终会到来，毕业时刻也终将悄然临近。

They've been skyrocketing lately, and that's causing concerns as the cold winter months approach.

能源价格最近一直在飙升，而随着寒冷冬季临近，这引起了人担忧。

So if you have areas of high elevation like towering sand dunes or hills, directly next to areas of low elevation like a depression, you can get spots like this where the water table nears or even exceeds the surface.

因此，如果是高海拔地区，比如高耸沙丘或山丘，紧挨着低海拔地区，如洼地、便能看到这样地方，那里地下水位临近地表，甚至超过地表。