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settlement n.解决；结算；协议；安置；殖民；定居 (1) 这场纠纷根本不可能获得解决。(2) 谈判双方正寻求和平解决争端的办法。(3) 双方经多次谈判达成一项折衷的解决办法。(4) 兹附支票一张以结清贵处帐目。(5) 目前正对各工会施加压力，要他们达成协议。(6) 他们希望能草草搭成一个临时安置区。(7) 他在新屋居住下来。 One kind of settlement is a place where people live. This can be a community that's smaller than a town, like a village. Also, if one country establishes a colony somewhere else, that can be called a settlement. The other kind of settlement happens when something is settled, like the end of a disagreement. A lawsuit is ended if there's a settlement — both parties make an agreement that often involves money. A settlement brings closure and resolution.

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英 ['setlmənt] 美 ['setlmənt] (1) There is no prospect of a settlement of the dispute.(2) Negotiators are looking for a peaceful settlement to the dispute.(3) After much discussion the negotiators hammered out a compromise settlement.(4) I enclose a cheque in settlement of your account.(5) The pressure is now on the unions to reach a settlement.(6) They hope to be able to patch together a temporary settlement.(7) He took up his settlement in a new house. A settlement is a colony or any small community of people. If a bunch of people build houses on the moon together, they’ll have the first lunar settlement. A settlement is also the resolution of something such as a lawsuit. 1[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。2[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4[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5[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

英语单词	settlement
英美音标	英 ['setlmənt] 美 ['setlmənt]
中文释义	n.解决；结算；协议；安置；殖民；定居
英语例句	(1) There is no prospect of a settlement of the dispute. (2) Negotiators are looking for a peaceful settlement to the dispute. (3) After much discussion the negotiators hammered out a compromise settlement. (4) I enclose a cheque in settlement of your account. (5) The pressure is now on the unions to reach a settlement. (6) They hope to be able to patch together a temporary settlement. (7) He took up his settlement in a new house.
中文例句	(1) 这场纠纷根本不可能获得解决。 (2) 谈判双方正寻求和平解决争端的办法。 (3) 双方经多次谈判达成一项折衷的解决办法。 (4) 兹附支票一张以结清贵处帐目。 (5) 目前正对各工会施加压力，要他们达成协议。 (6) 他们希望能草草搭成一个临时安置区。 (7) 他在新屋居住下来。
vocabulary简明	A settlement is a colony or any small community of people. If a bunch of people build houses on the moon together, they’ll have the first lunar settlement. A settlement is also the resolution of something such as a lawsuit.
vocabulary扩展	One kind of settlement is a place where people live. This can be a community that's smaller than a town, like a village. Also, if one country establishes a colony somewhere else, that can be called a settlement. The other kind of settlement happens when something is settled, like the end of a disagreement. A lawsuit is ended if there's a settlement — both parties make an agreement that often involves money. A settlement brings closure and resolution.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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 4 [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 5 [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

Settlement People [Usu Place Agreement N Count 可数名词 Supp