但也有时间去做一些奇怪的事情,比如讨论摩天大楼指数（该指数认为摩天大楼建设的繁荣是经济衰退迫在眉睫的绝对迹象）。

Butthereis also time for brief diversions onto bizarre ground, such as a discussion of the skyscraper index ( which holds that a boom in skyscraper construction is a foolproof sign of an imminent recession).

在这种背景下，更加全面、有效的巴塞尔协议II的诞生就迫在眉睫了。

In such cases, more comprehensive and efficient new birth of the basel concordat is imminent.

危机迫在眉睫。

There was a crisis looming.

工会干部们对于迫在眉睫的混乱局面不予道歉。

Union officials made no apologies for the threatened chaos.

我们有一个迫在眉睫、需要优先处理的公共卫生问题。

We have an urgent front-burner public health problem.

内战战火重燃的威胁正迫在眉睫。

The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.

饥荒迫在眉睫。

Famine stared us in the face.

民用航空正遭受冲击，不是因为人们长久以来的对速度、浪漫主义和魅力的渴望，而是应对气候变化已迫在眉睫。

Civilian aviation is being disrupted, not by the age-old desires for speed, romanticism and glamour, but by the pressing need to respond to a changing climate.

他不相信战争已迫在眉睫。

He had doubt about the imminence of war.

可见，知识更新迫在眉睫，终身学习任务繁重。

Obviously, the knowledge renews imminently, lifelong studies the duty to be arduous.