1. 待決的；待定的；待處理的 If something such as a legal procedure is pending, it is waiting to be dealt with or settled.
pending是什么意思
e.g. The cause of death was listed as pending... 死亡原因被列為待定。 e.g. In 1989, the court had 600 pending cases... 1989年，該法院有600件案子待決。
2. 在等到…發(fā)生之際；直到…為止 If something is done pending a future event, it is done until that event happens.
e.g. Mendoza is here pending his request for political asylum... 門(mén)多薩在要求獲得政治庇護之前一直呆在這里。 e.g. A judge has suspended a ban on the magazine pending a full inquiry. 一位法官在進(jìn)行全面調查之前已經(jīng)暫緩了對該雜志的禁令。
3. 即將發(fā)生的；迫近的 Something that is pending is going to happen soon.
e.g. A growing number of customers have been inquiring about the pending price rises. 越來(lái)越多的顧客在詢(xún)問(wèn)即將出現的漲價(jià)問(wèn)題。