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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

近义词of debt quittance clearance recompense payment liquidation satisfaction

n. 解决，处理；[会计] 结算；沉降；殖民

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词态变化

复数: settlements;

中文词源

settlement 安排，解决，处理

settle,安排，解决，处理，-ment,名词后缀。

英英释意

1. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

2. a community of people smaller than a town

3. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

4. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies;: "the British colonization of America"

5. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making;: "the finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"

6. an area where a group of families live together

7. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

英文词源

settlement (n.): 1620s, "act of fixing or steadying;" from settle (v.) + -ment. Meaning "a colony," especially a new one, "tract of country newly developed" is attested from 1690s; that of "small village on the frontier" is from 1827, American English. Sense of "payment of an account" is from 1729; legal sense "a settling of arrangements" (of divorce, property transfer, etc.) is from 1670s.

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.

实用场景例句

to negotiate a peace settlement: 就和平协议进行谈判

The management and unions have reached a settlement over 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

the settlement of a dispute: 争端的解决

a divorce/marriage/property, etc. settlement: 离婚、结婚、财产等协议

the settlement of a debt: 债务的偿还

a cheque in settlement of a bill: 用于结账的支票

signs of an Iron Age settlement: 铁器时代村落遗址

the settlement of the American West: 美国西部的开拓过程

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。

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

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

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

...the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.: 向占领地移民的殖民开拓

The plan has a sting intail: it means we lose one day's holiday.: 这个计划是先甜后苦: 它意味着我们少一天的假期.

The settlement of the issue must not be conditional upon the acceptance of fait accompli.: 不能在造成既成事实的前提下解决这个问题.

The terms of settlement seem just.: 和解的条件似乎是公道的.

They agreed on the broad outlines of a wage settlement.: 他们就工资解决的办法达成框架协议.

He took up his settlement in a new house.: 他在新屋居住下来.

The problem is ripe for settlement.: 解决这个问题的时机已经成熟.

That lonely, remote settlement blossomed into a charming little city.: 那个寂寞而偏僻的开拓地变成了一个可爱的小城市.

He mediated a settlement between labor and management.: 他在劳资双方间通过调停达成和解.

They mediated the settlement between labor and management.: 他们通过调停解决了劳资纠纷.

The two countries made settlement by amicable arrangement.: 两国以友好调解解决争端.

Our divorce settlement was delayed by a year because our lawyer spent a lot of time arguing about legal niceties.: 由于双方律师花了许多时间讨论法律细节,我们的离婚推迟了一年多才解决.