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Settlement N Count People Agreement 例:...A N Uncount Place 英[ˈsetlmənt

单词 settlement
音标
英[ˈsetlmənt] 美[ˈsɛtlmənt]
解释
n.解决;结算;<律>金钱或财产的转让(契约);沉淀;定居点;
例句

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.
例:Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement...我们一定要达成和平协议。
例: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。

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.
例: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。
例:...a libel settlement.一宗诽谤案的庭外和解

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.
例:...ways to delay the settlement of debts.延期清偿债务的办法

N-COUNT
定居点;聚居地
A settlement is a place where people have come to live and have built homes.
例:The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.这个村子里只住了 50户人。
例:...a Muslim settlement.穆斯林聚居区

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.
例:...the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.向占领地移民的殖民开拓
变形
pl:settlements~

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