ongoing

持续存在的，仍在进行的，不断发展的adj.

• The police investigation is ongoing.

  警方的调查在持续进行中。

• The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to survive on smaller budgets.

  这些数据肯定会引发一场长期争论，即在学校难以靠更少的预算生存之际，是否应该减少体育课。

• When Pemberton created his drink, it represented an ongoing trend.

  当彭伯顿创造他的饮料时，它代表了一种持续的趋势。