n.(名词)

1. 解决
2. 殖民（地）
3. 定居
4. 新拓居地
5. 清算
6. 租界
7. 沉陷
8. 安顿
9. 安身
10. 【律】财产授与
11. 社会福利团体
12. 决定
13. 沉淀
14. 协议
15. 镇定

n.(名词)

1. [C] [U] 解决，和解，协议 act of deciding or arranging sth;agreement
2. [C] 移居地，新住宅区 the place where they have settled
3. [C] 金钱或财产的转让(契约);转让的金钱或财产 (document stating the) terms on which money or property is given to sb;money or property given in this way
4. [C] [U] 结算，清偿 payment

Noun:

1. 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"
   

2. a community of people smaller than a town

3. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

4. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies;

   "the British colonization of America"
   

5. 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"
   

6. an area where a group of families live together

7. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

1.(争议双方的)正式协议，和解
Asettlement is an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument.

e.g. Our objective must be to secure a peacesettlement...
我们一定要达成和平协议。
e.g. They are not optimistic about asettlement 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。

2.(通过赔偿等达成的)庭外和解
Asettlement is an agreement to end a disagreement or dispute without going to a court of law, for example by offering someone money.

e.g. She accepted an out-of-courtsettlement of £4,000.
她同意支付 4,000 英镑的庭外和解赔偿金。
e.g. ...a libelsettlement.
一宗诽谤案的庭外和解

3.(欠款的)偿付，支付，结算，清偿
Thesettlement of a debt is the act of paying back money that you owe.

e.g. ...ways to delay thesettlement of debts.
延期清偿债务的办法

4.定居点;聚居地
Asettlement is a place where people have come to live and have built homes.

e.g. The village is asettlement of just fifty houses.
这个村子里只住了 50户人。
e.g. ...a Muslimsettlement.
穆斯林聚居区

5.移民;殖民;开拓
Thesettlement of a group of people is the process in which they settle in a place where people from their country have never lived before.

e.g. ...thesettlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.
向占领地移民的殖民开拓

1. 沉降：建筑物或堤坝(土工建筑物)荷载通过基础、填方路基(路堤)或填方坝基(水坝)传递给地基,使天然土层原有的应力状态发生变化,即在基底压力的作用下,地基中产生了附加应力和竖向、侧向(或剪切)变形(deformation),导致建筑物或堤坝及其周边环境的沉降(settlement)和位移(displ

2.

2. 交割：一般都必须经过下列数个阶段:(1)成交确认(confirmation)阶段,也就是由市场参加人确定交易的条件;(2)结算(clearance)阶段,也就是计算交易相对人经成交确认后所应负的权利义务;(3)交割(settlement)阶段,也就是卖方将

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

the settlement of a dispute

争端的解决

a divorce'/marriage'/property, etc. settlement

离婚、结婚、财产等协议

the settlement of a debt

债务的偿还

a cheque in settlement of a bill

用于结账的支票

signs of an Iron Age settlement

铁器时代村落遗址

the settlement of the American West

美国西部的开拓过程

Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement...

我们一定要达成和平协议。

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。

She accepted an out-of-court settlement of 'u00a34,000.

她同意支付 4,000 英镑的庭外和解赔偿金。

...a libel settlement.

一宗诽谤案的庭外和解

...ways to delay the settlement of debts.

延期清偿债务的办法

The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.

这个村子里只住了 50户人。

...a Muslim settlement.

穆斯林聚居区

...the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.

向占领地移民的殖民开拓

The plan has a sting intail: it means we lose one day's holiday.

这个计划是先甜后苦: 它意味着我们少一天的假期.

The settlement of the issue must not be conditional upon the acceptance of fait accompli.

不能在造成既成事实的前提下解决这个问题.

The terms of settlement seem just.

和解的条件似乎是公道的.

They agreed on the broad outlines of a wage settlement.

他们就工资解决的办法达成框架协议.

He took up his settlement in a new house.

他在新屋居住下来.

The problem is ripe for settlement.

解决这个问题的时机已经成熟.

That lonely, remote settlement blossomed into a charming little city.

那个寂寞而偏僻的开拓地变成了一个可爱的小城市.

He mediated a settlement between labor and management.

他在劳资双方间通过调停达成和解.

They mediated the settlement between labor and management.

他们通过调停解决了劳资纠纷.

The two countries made settlement by amicable arrangement.

两国以友好调解解决争端.

Our divorce settlement was delayed by a year because our lawyer spent a lot of time arguing about legal niceties.

由于双方律师花了许多时间讨论法律细节,我们的离婚推迟了一年多才解决.

1. All hopes of a peaceful settlement were destroyed by his speech.
   和平解决的希望都被他的讲话打破了。
2. He took up his settlement in a new house.
   他在新屋居住下来。
3. The old man made a settlement on his youngest daughter when she married.
   当小女儿出嫁时，这位老人给了她一笔钱财。
4. The money in the bag was in settlement of your account.
   袋子里的钱用来付账。

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• The bridges would not be affected by any settlement of the approach embankments.

  出自：L. T. C. Rolt