settlement

英 [ˈsetlmənt]

美 [ˈsetlmənt]

n. (解决纷争的)协议; 解决; 处理; (关于钱财转让的)协议(书)

复数：settlements　

Collins.4 / BNC.1600 / COCA.2167

牛津词典

noun

（解决纷争的）协议
an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups
1. to negotiate a peace settlement
  就和平协议进行谈判
2. 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。
3. 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
解决；处理
the action of reaching an agreement
1. the settlement of a dispute
  争端的解决
（关于钱财转让的）协议（书）
the conditions, or a document stating the conditions, on which money or property is given to sb
1. a divorce/marriage/property, etc. settlement
  离婚、结婚、财产等协议
（欠款的）支付，偿付，结算
the action of paying back money that you owe
1. the settlement of a debt
  债务的偿还
2. a cheque in settlement of a bill
  用于结账的支票
（尤指拓荒安家的）定居点
a place where people have come to live and make their homes, especially where few or no people lived before
1. signs of an Iron Age settlement
  铁器时代村落遗址
移民；殖民；开拓
the process of people making their homes in a place
1. the settlement of the American West
  美国西部的开拓过程

N-COUNT (争议双方的)正式协议，和解
Asettlementis an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument.
1. Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement...
  我们一定要达成和平协议。
2. 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
Asettlementis an agreement to end a disagreement or dispute without going to a court of law, for example by offering someone money.
1. 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。
2. ...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
Thesettlement ofa debt is the act of paying back money that you owe.
1. ...ways to delay the settlement of debts.
  延期清偿债务的办法
N-COUNT 定居点;聚居地
Asettlementis a place where people have come to live and have built homes.
1. The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
  这个村子里只住了 50户人。
2. ...a Muslim settlement.
  穆斯林聚居区
N-UNCOUNT 移民;殖民;开拓
Thesettlement ofa group of people is the process in which they settle in a place where people from their country have never lived before.
1. ...the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.
  向占领地移民的殖民开拓

noun

termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
Synonym:liquidation
the act of colonizing
1. the British colonization of America
Synonym:colonizationcolonisation
something settled or resolved
1. they finally reached a settlement with the union
2. they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences
3. he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
Synonym:resolutionclosure
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
a community of people smaller than a town
Synonym:villagesmall town
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
1. the American colony in Paris
Synonym:colony
an area where a group of families live together

We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.
我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
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。
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。
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。
She claims he ratted on their divorce settlement.
她声称他违反了他们的离婚协议。
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。
A negotiated settlement might yet be possible.
也许仍有可能通过磋商达成协议。
Egypt has said there is no time to lose in the search for a Middle East settlement.
埃及称寻求中东和解刻不容缓。
Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
双方都表示想努力为处于战乱中的该岛北部和东部地区寻求政治解决方案。
We ought not to bring in extraneous matters in trying to find a basis for a settlement
我们努力寻求解决问题的基础时，不应该牵扯进无关的事情。