settlement
- n.解决;（欠款的）支付，偿付，结算;定居点;处理;(关于钱财转让的)协议(书);移民
复数： settlements
settle v.解决 + -ment 行为或结果
settlementnoun
（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
解决；处理
the action of reaching an agreement
the settlement of a dispute
争端的解决
（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
（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
（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
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
settlement
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N-COUNT (争议双方的)正式协议，和解
A settlement is an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument.Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement...
我们一定要达成和平协议。
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N-COUNT (通过赔偿等达成的)庭外和解
A settlement is an agreement to end a disagreement or dispute without going to a court of law, for example by offering someone money.She accepted an out-of-court settlement of £4,000.
她同意支付 4,000 英镑的庭外和解赔偿金。
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N-UNCOUNT (欠款的)偿付，支付，结算，清偿
The settlement of a debt is the act of paying back money that you owe....ways to delay the settlement of debts.
延期清偿债务的办法
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N-COUNT 定居点;聚居地
A settlement is a place where people have come to live and have built homes.The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
这个村子里只住了 50户人。
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N-UNCOUNT 移民;殖民;开拓
The settlement of a group of people is the process in which they settle in a place where people from their country have never lived before....the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.
向占领地移民的殖民开拓
noun
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- termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
- Synonym: liquidation
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- the act of colonizing;the establishment of colonies
- the British colonization of America
- Synonym: colonization colonisation
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- something settled or resolved;the outcome of decision making
- they finally reached a settlement with the union
- they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences
- he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
- Synonym: resolution closure
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- a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
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- a community of people smaller than a town
- Synonym: village small town
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- a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland;inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- the American colony in Paris
- Synonym: colony
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- an area where a group of families live together
数据来源：WordNet
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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。
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The union negotiators are holding out for a more generous pay settlement .
工会谈判代表拖延着，以期达成较优厚的薪酬协议。
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They were able to achieve a settlement without using military force .
他们没有诉诸武力就解决了问题。
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They hope to be able to patch together a temporary settlement .
他们希望能草草搭成一个临时安置区。
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The US negotiators decided to make another try at reaching a settlement .
美国的谈判者决定再作一番努力，力争达成和解。
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They hope for a peaceful settlement of the dispute .
他们希望和平解决争端。
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The United Nations will act as guarantor of the peace settlement .
联合国将充当和平解决方案的保证人。
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Community leaders have renewed calls for a peaceful settlement .
社区领导人再次呼吁要和平解决。
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As things stand , there is little chance of a quick settlement of the dispute .
照目前的形势，尽快解决争端的可能微乎其微。
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They have tried to reconstruct the settlement as it would have been in Iron Age times .
他们已试着按铁器时代的样子重建这个小村落。
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A ' nomad settlement ' is a contradiction in terms .
“游牧者的定居”是用词上的自相矛盾。
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The question of the peace settlement is likely to figure prominently in the talks .
和平解决的问题很可能是这次谈判的突出重点。
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All hopes of a peaceful settlement had now vanished .
和平解决的全部希望现已化为泡影。
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They mediated a settlement .
他们找到了一个解决方案。
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An amicable settlement was reached .
已达成和解。
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A peaceable settlement has been reached .
已经实现和解。
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They were coerced into negotiating a settlement .
他们被迫通过谈判解决。
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The US administration would like to see a negotiated settlement to the war
美国政府希望看到战争能以和谈方式解决。
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Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement
我们一定要达成和平协议。
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The Chinese Foreign Minister was making every effort to secure a peaceful settlement
中国外交部长正在尽全力保证和平解决问题。
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There are much brighter prospects for a comprehensive settlement than before .
综合性的社区具有比以前更加光明的前景。
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The media played up the prospects for a settlement
媒体夸大了达成和解的可能性。
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A final settlement must respect minority rights .
最终的解决方案必须尊重少数群体的权利。
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Without their assent a political settlement cannot be reached .
没有他们的同意，不可能达成政治上的和解。
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He also raised doubts about the American road map to a peace settlement .
他对美国达成和平协议的路线图也提出了质疑。
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The company made a rapid-fire series of settlements with 25 States .
公司同25个州进行了一连串迅速的结算。
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A negotiated settlement might yet be possible .
也许仍有可能通过磋商达成协议。
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Officials have now been delegated to start work on a draft settlement .
现在已经委派官员着手起草解决方案。
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They are not optimistic about a settlement of the eleven year conflict .
他们不是很有信心能和平解决这场长达11年的纷争。
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The village is a settlement of just fifty houses .
这个村子里只住了50户人。