pend·ing /ˈpɛndɪŋ/
  (a.)未決定的,待決的當…的時候,在…期間
  pending
  暫停;待決;未決;掛起
  pending
  擱置
  Pend, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pended; p. pr. & vb. n. Pending.]
  1. To hang; to depend. [R.]
     Pending upon certain powerful motions.   --I. Taylor.
  2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.
  Pend·ing a.  Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspension; as, a pending suit.
  Pend·ing, prep.
  1. During; as, pending the trail.  [Archaic]
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  pending
       adj : awaiting conclusion or confirmation; "business still
             pending"