pending

/pen-ding/US // ˈpɛn dɪŋ //UK // (ˈpɛndɪŋ) //

待定,待定的,待决,待处理

Definitions

prep.介词 preposition

1
- : while awaiting; until: pending his return.
- : in the period before the decision or conclusion of; during: pending the negotiations.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : remaining undecided; awaiting decision or settlement; unfinished: pending business; pending questions; pending litigation.
- : about to take place; impending.

adj.about to happen

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So as soon as you switch it on, you may receive a plethora of alerts prompting you to install pending updates.
Except, Nomadness currently has 3,000 pending membership requests.
In August, the Obama administration intervened to stop what it called a pending genocide of Yazidi minorities in Iraq.
Addison was allowed out of jail, finally, but her passport was held pending an investigation—even though nobody questioned her.
His punishment: Suspension from all team activities indefinitely, pending a criminal investigation of the charges.
The decision was stayed however, pending Supreme Court review.
That the Society be immediately dissolved, in view of pending litigation.
It is suggested, too, that patents are pending that may make outside aerials unnecessary, anyway.
An appeal by a member of a subordinate lodge from a vote of expulsion does not abate by his death while the appeal is pending.
They have encamped in the rear of our office, pending the arrival of the next coasting steamer.
He therefore commenced a lawsuit against her and her guardians, and the suit is still pending.