刚要

• be about to ...
• about to
• be about to do
• about to do

例句

1. 我刚要离去，一个陌生人拽我的袖子。
   A stranger plucked at my sleeve as I was leaving.
2. 我刚要打电话给他，他就来了。
   I wanted to call at him the minute he arrived.
3. 她刚要开口，我就皱皱眉示意她别出声。
   As she was about to speak, I frowned her down.
4. 她刚要上菜开饭，这时来了一些客人。
   She was about to dish up when some guests came.
5. 他摘下帽子，刚要讲话，她却根本不理他，好像以前从未见过他似的。
   He raised his hat and was about to speak, but she gave him the go-by as though she had never seen him before.