imminent は【(危険などが)差し迫った,切迫した,前方に突き出た】と いう意味の形容詞です.
im(上に)+minere(Latin: 突き出る)
同系語には
| eminent(e 外に + minere) | 優れた・身分の高い |
| prominent(pro 前へ + minere) | 顕著な・卓越した |
Newsweek.com における出現頻度:最重要単語(記事中で2年間で100回以上)
Your body must become familiar with its death -- in all its possible forms and degrees -- as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
-- Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-general of U.N.
Primakov's dismissal was decided by Yeltzin's imminent impeachment process.
プリマコフ(首相)の解任は,エリツィン(大統領)が差し迫った弾劾手続を避けるために決められた.