impend

动词 impend:

1. be imminent or about to happen

1. There are rumours of an impending merger.
   有谣传说是快要合并了。
2. The news of the impending marriage was bruited abroad.
   婚期临近的消息传遍了各处。
3. The danger is impending over us.
   危险就在我们面前。
4. Rain is impending.
   要下雨了。

im.pend

v.intr.（不及物动词）
im.pend.ed,im.pend.ing,im.pends
To be about to take place:
即将发生的：
例句：
Her retirement is impending.
她马上要退休了

To threaten to happen; menace:
威胁要发生；恐吓：
例句：
discouraged by the trouble that impended.
因为逼近的麻烦而气馁

Archaic To jut out; hang suspended.
【古语】 悬挂，悬置

来源：
Latin impendôre
拉丁语 impendôre
in- [over] * see in- 2
in- [在…之上] *参见 in-2
pendôre [to hang] * see (s)pen-
pendôre [挂] *参见 (s)pen-