n.即将发生
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.
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.