settlement
美 ['set(ə)lmənt]
英 ['set(ə)lmənt]
- n.解决；结算；处理；移民
- 网络和解；清算；居民点
复数：settlements
adj.+n.
final settlement,human settlement,comprehensive settlement,amicable settlement,separate settlement
v.+n.
make settlement,reach settlement,seek settlement,build settlement,negotiate settlement
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1. | [c] （解决纷争的）协议an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups |
to negotiate a peace settlement 就和平协议进行谈判 | |
The management and unions have reached a settlement over new working conditions. 资方和工会已就新的工作条件达成协议。 | |
an out-of-court settlement(= money that is paid to sb or an agreement that is made to stop sb going to court) 庭外和解 |
2. | [u] 解决；处理the action of reaching an agreement |
the settlement of a dispute 争端的解决 |
3. | [c] （关于钱财转让的）协议（书）the conditions, or a document stating the conditions, on which money or property is given to sb |
a divorce/marriage/property, etc. settlement 离婚、结婚、财产等协议 |
4. | [u] （欠款的）支付，偿付，结算the action of paying back money that you owe |
the settlement of a debt 债务的偿还 | |
a cheque in settlement of a bill 用于结账的支票 |
5. | [c] （尤指拓荒安家的）定居点a place where people have come to live and make their homes, especially where few or no people lived before |
signs of an Iron Age settlement 铁器时代村落遗址 |
6. | [u] 移民；殖民；开拓the process of people making their homes in a place |
the settlement of the American West 美国西部的开拓过程 |