And was even served when no beef was in the offing.

甚至在没有牛肉供应的时候也会提供。

Russian domestic television gave little hint that war might be in the offing.

俄罗斯国内电视台几乎没有表露出战争可能即将爆发的迹象。

Yeah, yeah um, their arrival is in the offing.

Phoebe：是的，是的，嗯，他们即将到来。

Diels is trying to cut down the size and says that a laser around the size of a small table is in the offing.

迪尔斯正在努力缩小尺寸，并表示即将推出小桌子大小的激光器。

Mr Assad's tightening grip over the most populous cities along a north-south axis in Syria's west has dimmed the prospects, always faint, of peace talks that were said to be in the offing in Geneva.

叙利亚西部阿萨德控制下的人口最多的几个城市呈南北一线状；而正是他的严格控制使得即将在日内瓦召开的，原本就扑朔迷离的和平谈话的前景越加不明朗。