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Settlement People Agreement Place Money Peace Out Of Court ˈsetlmənt

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/se̱t(ə)lmənt/
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[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

3
[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.
  [usu N of n]
  • ...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


Oxford settle·ment / ˈsetlmənt ; NAmE ˈsetlmənt / noun 1 [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 ) 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 settlement settlements settle·ment / ˈsetlmənt ; NAmE ˈsetlmənt /
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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 downwards SYN  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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