PLANif a plan, idea, or event is in the pipeline, it is being prepared and it will happen or be completed soon 〔计划、观点或事件〕在准备中;在进行中
More job losses are in the pipeline.
将会有更多人被裁。
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be in the pipeline• Last night Bowe's manager, Rock Newman, revealed a new deal was in the pipeline.• Mr Sherwood said other co-operative initiativeswere in the pipeline.• More job lossesare in the pipeline.• How many are in the pipeline and how many are on his desk?• The mid-engined Maserati was in the pipeline but still one year away.• But another round of solutions may be in the pipeline, too.• After considerablemarketresearch, several new productsare now in the pipeline.• But several are in the pipeline and there have been trials.• There are one or two important changes in the pipeline.• Plans for building 1,700 rentalunitsare in the pipeline.• A new versionis in the pipeline in which unknowns will be replaced by celebrities.