Business Channel 2007-09-29&09-30, 通用汽车罢工事件和解

We are pleased to announce that at 3:05 AM this morning, we reached a tentative agreement with the General Motors Corporation, pending¹ ratification² by our membership.

We are recessing³ the strike effective at 4:00 AM this morning. And we will, ur... be prepared to go into ratification meetings hopefully by the end of this week. Lot of hard work has went into it, and we successfully resolved a lot of difficult issues. This bargaining committee gave it their all under the leadership of Vice⁴ President Carl Rapson and his staff. We feel very good about this tentative agreement. I am pleased to say that Vice President Carl Rapson and his staff as well as international negotiators did an outstanding job in that area, and we are very very pleased with the outcome.

Notes:

pending: While in the process of; during

1 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

2 ratification   

n.批准，认可

参考例句：

• The treaty is awaiting ratification.条约正等待批准。
• The treaty is subject to ratification.此条约经批准后才能生效。

3 recessing   

v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的现在分词 )；将（墙）做成凹形，在（墙）上做壁龛；休息，休会，休庭

参考例句：

• Beds, recessing into walls, are to be serviced by machine from outside. 床能够缩进墙里，可以在外面用机器整理。 来自辞典例句
• Recessing the oxidizer tube improves stability. 氧化剂管的凹陷使稳定性增强。 来自辞典例句

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。