imminent
adj
(esp of unpleasant events) about to happen; likely to happen very soon (尤指不愉快的事件)即将发生的, 临近的, 逼近的
no warning of imminent danger 没有即将发生危险的警告 *An announcement of further cuts in government expenditureis imminent. 最近将发布进一步削减政府开支的公告.
When you place a sheet of paper in a fax machine, the machine reads the writing on the page and changes the shapes of letters into electronic signals.
当你把一张纸放进传真机里,机器就会"读"纸上的字迹,把字的形状变为电子符号。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.