forthcoming
意味
- まさに来よう(現れよう)としている;来たるべき,今度の
- 《補語にのみ用いて》《しばしば否定文で》手近に用意されで
- 《話》《しばしば否定文で》喜んで(進んで)手助けする
例文
Further assistance is not forthcoming.
これ以上の援助は望めない。
The pupils are looking forward to the forthcoming excursion.
児童たちは、もうすぐやって来る遠足を楽しみにしている。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The adjective is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“approaching (adjective)”); or from Middle English forth commyng, *forthcominge, present participle of forth-comen (“to come forth; to appear, issue”), from Old English forþcuman (“to come forth, come forward”) (present participle *forþcumende), from forþ- (“forth; forward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + cuman (“to come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)). Compare Dutch voortkomend (“coming forth, originating from (verb)”), German fortkommend (“getting away; progressing (verb)”). The noun is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“arrival”).