Pending

(adj.) awaiting conclusion or confirmation; 'business still pending' .

整理:劳埃德

• Soon after a white flag was received, requesting a suspension of hostilities pending negotiations for a surrender. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Mr. Dreyer asked Goebel to produce an old lamp, and was especially anxious to find one pending his negotiations with the Edison Company for the sale of Goebel's inventions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Pending these observations, the days were flying by; and Rose was rapidly recovering. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Pending the alterations, as I understand. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• She wondered that with all this dwelling on the manufactures and trade of the place, no allusion was made to the strike then pending. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• A song was pending as he entered, and he dropped into a seat near his hostess, his eyes roaming in search of Miss Bart. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

整理:梅尔巴