She had a libel action against the magazine pending.是什么意思？

She had a libel action against the magazine pending.

她对该杂志提起的诽谤诉讼尚未判决。

she

pron. 她，它；

例句
Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child.
她的情人在她打掉胎儿后甩了她。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

libel

n. 文字诽谤，诋毁，中伤，诽谤罪；v. 对…进行诽谤，发表文字诽谤；

例句
...a libel action brought by one of France's bureaucrats.
由法国的一名官员提起的诽谤诉讼

action

n. 行动，活动，功能，作用，手段，[法]诉

例句
The government is taking emergency action to deal with a housing crisis...
政府正采取紧急措施解决住房危机。

against

prep. 反对，对…不利，紧靠，以防；

例句
His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.
就在有意无意间，他的手轻轻拂过她的手。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

magazine

n. 弹药库，杂志，弹仓，胶卷盒；

例句
The magazine is devoted to anato-mizing the inadequacies of liberalism.
该杂志致力于剖析自由主义的不足之处。

pending

prep. 直到，在等待…期间；adj. 未决的，未定的，待定的，即将发生的；

例句
He was freed on bail pending an appeal...
他被取保候审。