settlement
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A settlement is an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument. 协议
Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement. 我们的目标必须是确保达成一个和平协议。
2. N-COUNT A settlement is an agreement to end a disagreement or dispute without going to a court of law, for example, by offering someone money. (庭外) 和解
She accepted an out-of-court settlement of $40,000. 她接受了4万美元庭外和解。
3. N-UNCOUNT The settlement of a debt is the act of paying back money that you owe. 清偿
...ways to delay the settlement of debts. …拖延债务清偿的办法。
4. N-COUNT A settlement is a place where people have come to live and have built homes. 定居地
The village is a settlement of just fifty houses. 这个村子是个仅有50家住户的定居地。
返回 settlement
settlement /ˈsɛtəlmənt/ (settlements)
剑桥词典
- Lack of willingness to compromise on both sides is the main stumbling block to reaching a settlement.
- This settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious problems in the field of industrial relations .
- Employers have reached a settlement over new working practices .
settlement noun (AGREE)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]an official agreement that finishes an argument
（结束争端的）协议
It now seems unlikely that it will be possible to negotiate /reach a peaceful settlement of the conflict . 现在看来和平解决这一冲突是不可能的。
As part of their divorce settlement, Jeff agreed to let Polly keep the house . 作为离婚协议的一部分，杰夫同意房子归波莉所有。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
an arrangement to end a disagreement involving a law having been broken , without taking it to a law court , or an amount of money paid as part of such an arrangement
庭外和解；庭外和解费
They reached an out-of-court settlement. 他们达成了庭外和解。
The actor accepted a settlement of $100,000 from the magazine . 这名演员接受了杂志10万美元的庭外和解费。
例句
settlement noun (HOME)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]a place where people come to live or the process of settling in such a place
定居；定居地
A large Roman settlement has been discovered just outside the French town . 在这座法国城市郊外发现了一处大型古罗马人定居点。
Many Native Americans were killed during the settlement of the American West by Europeans in the 19th century . 许多美洲印第安人在19世纪欧洲人在美国西部开拓殖民地的过程中被杀害。
settlement noun (PAYMENT)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]the action of paying money to someone
结算；结帐；支付
The settlement of his debts took him several months . 他花了几个月时间才还清了债务。
I enclose a cheque in settlement of your claim . 我附上一张支票支付你的索赔。
UK Her mother made a settlement on her (= made a formal arrangement to give her money ) when she started college . 她开始读大学时，她母亲赠与了她一笔钱。
settlement noun (MOVEMENT LOWER)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]the process of the slow sinking of a building or the ground
（建筑物、地面的）沉降，下沉 返回 settlement