(adj.) of the relatively near future; 'the approaching election'; 'this coming Thursday'; 'the forthcoming holidays'; 'the upcoming spring fashions' .
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双语例句
That depends,' said Mrs. Bardell, approaching the duster very near to Mr. Pickwick's elbow which was planted on the table. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
On account of your approaching marriage with her? 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
The march, now, had to be made with great caution, for he was approaching Lee's army and nearing the country that still remained open to the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
It was not, however, till the invention of telegraphs that anything approaching to the means of holding regular communication by signals was attained. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
A post-chaise was approaching. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
You are very diligent at that sewing, Miss Caroline, continued the girl, approaching her little table. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Before giving him any order as to the part he was to play in the approaching campaign I invited his views. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
With this idea in her head, she hailed an approaching omnibus with such a hasty gesture that the daisies flew out of the pot and were badly damaged. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
Approaching nearer and nearer, the bargeman became Bradley Headstone, in rough water-side second-hand clothing. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
On approaching nearer, Bella discerned that the refection had the appearance of a small cottage-loaf and a pennyworth of milk. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
They were just approaching the house where lived Mrs. and Miss Bates. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
Their quick ears caught the sound of an approaching footstep. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
But the more beautiful and winning and charming she, the nearer they must always be to the necessity of approaching it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
There were no servants present, and the gentlemen, with chairs closely approaching, seemed to be discussing some subject with great earnestness. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
We had better lose no time in beginning then, said Maurice, who was looking at the approaching enemy, for here come the dancers. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.