offing [ˈɔ:fɪŋ]

例句:

• A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.
  可能即将对政治犯实行大赦。
  
• There's a pay rise in the offing, I hear.
  我听说快要涨工资了.
  
• The smell of cooking told them there was a meal in the offing.
  他们闻到做菜的味儿,知道眼看要吃饭了.
  
• Europe-wide bank runs aren't in the offing.
  来自WSJ
• Is it presumptuous to detect a love triangle in the offing?
  来自THETIMES
• Offing himself two weeks before Christmas.
  来自NEWYORKER