名詞 offing:

1. the near or foreseeable future
2. the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area

動詞 off:

1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
   同義詞：murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove

1. They paid me the princely sum of USD5000.
   他們慷慨地給我5000美元。
2. The writer gets a 10% royalty on each copy sold of his book.
   作者從每本賣出的書中可得10%的版稅。
3. The woman said that she could not sleep without her husband's snore after 20 years of marriage.
   那位婦人說結婚20年來，聽不到她丈夫的呼嚕聲，她就睡不著覺。
4. The smell of cooking tells them there is a meal in the offing.
   他們聞到做菜的味兒，知道眼看要吃飯了。
5. The mean of 7,9 and 14 is 10.
   7、9和14 的平均數是10。
6. Look at those black clouds. I think there is rain in the offing.
   看那些烏云，我想天馬上就要下雨了。
7. I felt comfortable sailing on the smoothness of the sea.
   在平靜的海面上航行我感到很舒服。

off.ing

n.（名詞）
Nautical The part of the sea visible from shore that is very distant or beyond anchoring ground.
【航海】 可見海面：從海岸可看見的或離錨地很遠的可以看到的海洋部分

<習慣用語>in the offing
In the near or immediate future; soon to come:
不久：在很快或不久的將來；馬上就來臨的：
例句：
with exams finished and graduation in the offing.
考試完了，畢業(yè)在即

Nearby; at hand.
近的：附近的；在手的