[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
[usu with supp]
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
[usu with supp]
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。
...a libel settlement.
一宗诽谤案的庭外和解
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](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.
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...ways to delay the settlement of debts.
延期清偿债务的办法
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]定居点；聚居地 A settlement is a place where people have come to live and have built homes.
[usu with supp]
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
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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.
[N of n]
...the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.
向占领地移民的殖民开拓
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settle·ment/ˈsetlmənt; NAmEˈsetlmənt/noun1[countable ]an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups （解决纷争的）协议◆to negotiate apeace settlement就和平协议进行谈判◆The management and unions have reached a settlementover 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[uncountable ]the action of reaching an agreement 解决；处理◆the settlement of a dispute争端的解决3[countable ]( law 律) the conditions, or a document stating the conditions, on which money or property is given to sb （关于钱财转让的）协议（书）◆a spanorce/marriage/property, etc. settlement离婚、结婚、财产等协议4[uncountable ]the action of paying back money that you owe （欠款的）支付，偿付，结算◆the settlement of a debt债务的偿还◆a cheque in settlementof a bill 用于结账的支票5[countable ]a place where people have come to live and make their homes, especially where few or no people lived before （尤指拓荒安家的）定居点◆signs of an Iron Age settlement铁器时代村落遗址6[uncountable ]the process of people making their homes in a place 移民；殖民；开拓◆the settlement of the American West美国西部的开拓过程settlementsettlementssettle·ment/ˈsetlmənt; NAmEˈsetlmənt/
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settlementset‧tle‧ment /ˈsetlmənt/ ●●○W3 noun
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1official agreement [countable] an official agreement or decision that ends an argument, a court case, or a fight, or the action of making an agreement: Union leaders and company bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a settlement. His lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement. Hopes grew that a workable peace settlement might emerge.settlement of the search for a peaceful settlement of the Northern Ireland conflict She got her home as part of the divorce settlement. The company paid out over $10 million in an out-of-court settlement.2payment [uncountable] formal when you pay all the money that you owesettlement of the settlement of all his debtsin settlement (of something) Wyatt had received the property in settlement of a bet.3group of houses [countable] a group of houses and buildings where people live, especially in a place where few people have lived before: The railway stations created new settlements. an early Iron Age settlement4new area/places [uncountable] when a lot of people move to a place in order to live there, especially in a place where not many people have lived beforesettlement of the settlement of the American West5sinking [uncountable] technical the process in which a building or the ground slowly sinks downwardsSYN subsidenceCOLLOCATIONSverbsreach a settlement· The companies reached a settlement in March.achieve a settlement (=after a lot of discussions)· The government was determined to achieve a settlement in Northern Ireland.negotiate a settlement (=have discussions to try to reach a settlement)· His lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + settlementan amicable settlement (=when people agree in a friendly way)· Disputes were often taken to a village council, which attempted to bring about an amicable settlement.a peaceful settlement (=without fighting)· Both sides are working towards a peaceful settlement.a political settlement (=one that is reached by political discussion, not fighting)· The British government favours a political settlement in the Middle East.a peace settlement (=one which ends a war)· Hopes of a peace settlement receded.a divorce settlement (=an agreement about money and property at the end of a marriage)· She acquired full ownership of the building in her 1986 divorce settlement.an out-of-court settlement (=an agreement made to avoid a court case)· The army denied liability but agreed on an out-of-court settlement.phrasesthe terms of a settlement· Under the terms of the settlement, the company will pay an undisclosed sum as compensation.
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settlements[1180]
解决(45%)，结算(19%)，协议(16%)，殖民(10%)，定居(9%)，安置(1%)
n.解决，处理；[会计] 结算；沉降；殖民
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