gathering storm

The gathering storm had made the day even darker than was usual at this hour .

即将到来的暴风雨使得天空看起来比平时这个时候更昏暗。

So how to explain the relative equanimity of financial markets in the face of this gathering storm ?

那么如何解释金融市场在风暴来临之际的相对平静呢？

Comparisons of defence spending to gross domestic product do not necessarily indicate a gathering storm of Chinese militarism .

比较国防开支占国内生产总值（gdp）的比率，未必显示中国军国主义的崛起。

In his memoirs The Gathering Storm , Winston Churchill told us that he would fully prepare and practice even for a small question he would put forward in the Parliament .

丘吉尔在回忆录中谈到，哪怕是在议会里提一个问题，他都要作充分的准备和练习。

William Bratton , the police chief of Los Angeles ( and formerly of New York ) , speaks of a " gathering storm of crime " .

洛杉矶警察局局长（前纽约警察局局长）威廉布拉顿认为，现在是“犯罪的集中暴发期”。

For Stacey Copeland , an administrator at Eden Nannies , the first whisperings of the gathering storm in the nanny state were already being felt .

而伊甸园保姆中介公司的管理人员斯特茜？科普兰德则已经感受到了保姆市场上的风暴。

China 's gathering inflationary storm today is not powered by international factors , like trade surpluses or increased foreign reserves , he says .

当前中国愈演愈烈的通胀风暴，并非由贸易顺差或外汇储备增加等国际因素造成，他表示。