an order from a court that a marriage will end after a fixed amount of time unless there is a good reason why it should not (法院对离婚诉讼的)非绝对判决,初期判决 She was granted a decree nisi in a five-minute hearing at the divorce court. 在离婚法庭的五分钟听证会上,她获得了暂准判令。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: Latin nisi ‘unless’.