I was about to telephone the police.

我正要给警察打电话。

He was about to sit for his entrance exam.

当时他正要参加入学考试。

He knew roughly what was about to be said.

他大致知道该说些什么。

He was about to stretch out his hand to grab me.

他正要伸手抓我。

The house looked as if it was about to fall down.

房子看起来好像就要倒塌似的。

Rosie was about to protest but thought better of it.

罗西刚要抗议，但又一想决定作罢。

She had some misgivings about what she was about to do.

她对自己要做的事有些疑虑。

He was about to shut the door when an idea came to him.

他正准备关门时，突然想起了一个主意。

The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.

事故是在喷气式飞机正要起飞时发生的。

I was about to take the last cake, but he beat me to it.

我正要拿那最后一块饼，却给他抢先一步。

He was about to speak but she raised a finger to her lips.

他正要说话，但她举手捂唇示意。

I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in a plane.

我每次要坐飞机时都害怕得发抖。

She was about to plunge into her story when the phone rang.

她刚要开始大谈她的经历，电话响了。

I had an intuition that something awful was about to happen.

我直觉感到要出乱子了。

She knew from experience that Dave was about to tell her the truth.

她根据经验得知戴夫将要告诉她实情。

Fears that the world was about to run out of fuel proved groundless.

担心地球燃料即将用尽被证明是没有根据的。

He was about to chair a meeting in Venice of E.U. foreign ministers.

他将担任威尼斯欧盟外交部长会议的主席 。

He was about to offer an explanation, but she was beginning to laugh.

他刚要加以解释，她就开始笑起来了。

Scientists were debating whether an asteroid was about to hit the Earth.

科学家们在争论一颗小行星是否要撞上地球。

It had percolated through to us that something interesting was about to happen.

我们听到传言说，将要发生一件有趣的事。

She was about to walk into a midterm exam for a subject she knew very little about.

她马上就要参加一个她知之甚少的科目的期中考试了。

For months he had been under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined anyway.

几个月以来他一直处在辞职的压力下，他无论如何都是要靠边站了。

I could feel blood draining from my face. I wondered whether I was about to black out.

我能感到血从脸上淌下来。我不知道自己是不是要昏过去了。

Johnnie was about to cry.

约翰尼几乎要哭了。

He was about to drink near a river in the woods when he was caught.

他正要在树林里的一条河边喝水时被抓住了。

Just as he was about to give up, he saw a poor man singing happily on the street.

正当他要放弃的时候，他看到一个穷人在街上快乐地唱歌。

A wolf was about to be eaten by a lion.

有只狼快被狮子吃掉了。

I was about to leave when the telephone rang.

我正要离开的时候，突然电话铃响了。

Soon, the hall got dark and the concert was about to begin.

很快，大厅一片漆黑，音乐会即将开始。