- waiting to be decided or settled待定的;待决的
- Nine cases are still pending.尚有九宗案件待决。
- a pending file/tray (= where you put letters, etc. you are going to deal with soon)待办卷宗/文件盘
- going to happen soon即将发生的 synonym imminent
- An election is pending in Italy.意大利即将举行选举。
- his pending departure他即将离开
Word Originmid 17th cent.: anglicized spelling of French pendant ‘hanging’.