settlement
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A settlement is an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument. 協(xié)議
Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement. 我們的目標必須是確保達成一個和平協(xié)議。
2. N-COUNT A settlement is an agreement to end a disagreement or dispute without going to a court of law, for example, by offering someone money. (庭外) 和解
She accepted an out-of-court settlement of $40,000. 她接受了4萬美元庭外和解。
3. N-UNCOUNT The settlement of a debt is the act of paying back money that you owe. 清償
...ways to delay the settlement of debts. …拖延債務清償的辦法。
4. N-COUNT A settlement is a place where people have come to live and have built homes. 定居地
The village is a settlement of just fifty houses. 這個村子是個僅有50家住戶的定居地。
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settlement /?s?t?lm?nt/ (settlements)
劍橋詞典
- Lack of willingness to compromise on both sides is the main stumbling block to reaching a settlement.
- This settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious problems in the field of industrial relations .
- Employers have reached a settlement over new working practices .
settlement noun (AGREE)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]an official agreement that finishes an argument
（結束爭耑的）協(xié)議
It now seems unlikely that it will be possible to negotiate /reach a peaceful settlement of the conflict . 現在看來和平解決這一沖突是不可能的。
As part of their divorce settlement, Jeff agreed to let Polly keep the house . 作爲離婚協(xié)議的一部分，傑夫同意房子歸波莉所有。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
an arrangement to end a disagreement involving a law having been broken , without taking it to a law court , or an amount of money paid as part of such an arrangement
庭外和解；庭外和解費
They reached an out-of-court settlement. 他們達成了庭外和解。
The actor accepted a settlement of $100,000 from the magazine . 這名縯員接受了襍志10萬美元的庭外和解費。
例句
settlement noun (HOME)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]a place where people come to live or the process of settling in such a place
定居；定居地
A large Roman settlement has been discovered just outside the French town . 在這座法國城市郊外發(fā)現了一処大型古羅馬人定居點。
Many Native Americans were killed during the settlement of the American West by Europeans in the 19th century . 許多美洲印第安人在19世紀歐洲人在美國西部開拓殖民地的過程中被殺害。
settlement noun (PAYMENT)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the action of paying money to someone
結算；結帳；支付
The settlement of his debts took him several months . 他花了幾個月時間才還清了債務。
I enclose a cheque in settlement of your claim . 我附上一張支票支付你的索賠。
UK Her mother made a settlement on her (= made a formal arrangement to give her money ) when she started college . 她開始讀大學時，她母親贈與了她一筆錢。
settlement noun (MOVEMENT LOWER)
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the process of the slow sinking of a building or the ground
（建築物、地麪的）沉降，下沉 返回 settlement