大学英语四级常用短语 be about to


释义：

be about to 即将；刚要；正打算

例句：


I could be about to hook up with this incredibly intelligent, beautiful girl.

我可能就要与那个聪明绝顶的美女相恋。



One of the world's top climate modellers said Thursday we could be about to enter one or even two decades during which temperatures cool.

星期四，一位世界顶尖气候模型制造者称，我们可能即将进入“十年乃至二十年气温变凉的时期。”



We may or may not be about to face our own lost decade, but the sheer misery millions of Americans will face in the near future probably exceeds anything that happened in Japan during the 90s.

我们或许在接近我们“失败的十年”，或许没有，但是数百万美国人即将面对的痛苦也许超过了日本90年代发生的任何事情。



These messages allow the database to record that a file is believed to be about to be deleted, so creation messages for it don't generate errors.

这些消息允许数据库记录被认为即将删除的文件，因此该文件的创建消息不会产生错误。



But that could be about to change as a lighter, more flexible and less power-hungry alternative starts to muscle in, quite literally, on the motor's patch.

不过，随着一种更轻便灵巧、耗电量更小的替代品开始插足电动机的领地，毫不夸张地说，这种情况即将改变。



They were keen to see Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, who seems to be about to announce that he will run for president.

他们热切想看到德克萨斯州州长里克•佩里（RickPerry），他好像即将宣布参与总统竞选。



It is therefore no small matter that this glory may be about to end.

因为一件不小的荒唐事，这一切的荣耀也许将走向它的尽头。



All of this has observers wondering whether inflation might be about to take off again, as it did in early 2008.

所有的这些使得观察家们怀疑是否又将会发生像2008年初一样的通货膨胀。



But that could be about to change.

然而情况将会有所改变。



If either of the current debt negotiations fails, we could be about to replay 1931, the global banking collapse that made the great Depression great.

如果当前的任何一个债务谈判失败，我们将会重复1931的错误，全球的银行业垮台使“大萧条”变得更大。