1·He found that strongty-lateralised individuals were able to feed twice as fast as wealdy-lateralised ones when there was a threat of a predator looming above them.
他发现，当掠食者的威胁逼近时，强侧化个体的进食速度是弱侧化个体的两倍。
2·But with exams looming, he decided he needed to focus more on his studies.
但是随着考试的逼近，他决定要在学业上花更多心思。
3·Despite the fact that it could just as easily be one of the others, the looming threat of cancer – and, in this case, having to remove her colon – was enough to throw us off-center.
尽管事实是很容易是其他病而非癌症，但癌症的威胁却在逼近---同时，在这种情况下，结肠必须切除----足以使我们偏离中心。
4·With the summer looming, factories and residents are preparing for the most intensive energy use period of the year.
随着夏天的逼近，工厂和居民正为今年用电期高峰期做准备。
5·Orwell's health was deteriorating, the "unbelievably bad" manuscript needed retyping, and the December deadline was looming.
奥威尔的健康继续恶化，“难以想象糟糕”的手稿需要重打，十二月的期限已经逼近。