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settlement

英 ['set(ə)lm(ə)nt] 美['sɛtlmənt]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

n. 解决，处理；[会计] 结算；沉降；殖民

考试真题

The Supreme Court is likely to persuade the parties concerned to work out a settlement.

Its practice of burning forests for settlement and development.

In 2005, the Authors Guild of America, together with a group of US publishers, launched a class action suit (集团诉讼) against Google that, after more than two years of negotiation, ended with an announcement last October that Google and the claimants had reached an out-of-court settlement.

This settlement hands Google the power - but only with the agreement of individual rights holders – to exploit its database of out-of-print books

Critics point out that, by giving Google the right to commercially exploit its database, the settlement paves the way for a subtle shift in the company's role from provider of information to seller.

Interest in this aspect of the settlement has focused on "orphan" works, where there is no known copyright holder – these make up an estimated 5-10% of the books Google has scanned

It is by no means certain that the settlement will be enacted (执行) – it is the subject of afairness hearing in the US courts.

The commercial provisions of the settlement

It could lead to more out-of-court settlements of such disputes.

The resulting settlement maps show how the distribution and density of the rural population around the city changed dramatically between AD500 and 850, when Copán collapsed.

Surveys can cover a single large settlement or entire landscapes.

At its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the world.

双语例句

1. The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.: 这个村子里只住了50户人。

2. There are much brighter prospects for a comprehensive settlement than before.: 综合性的社区具有比以前更加光明的前景。

3. Officials have now been delegated to start work on a draft settlement.: 现在已经委派官员着手起草解决方案。

4. In court filings, they argued that the settlement was inadequate.: 在法庭讼案中，他们提出和解费数额太少。

5. Without their assent a political settlement cannot be reached.: 没有他们的同意，不可能达成政治上的和解。