settlement 英 [ˈsetlmənt] 　 美 [ˈsɛtlmənt]

settlement

settlement　 英 [ˈsetlmənt] 美 [ˈsɛtlmənt]

n. 解决，处理；定居点，开拓　

名词复数:settlements　

to negotiate a peace settlement　就和平协议进行谈判
an out-of-court settlement 　庭外和解

  • A settlement is a colony or any small community of people. If a bunch of people build houses on the moon together, they’ll have the first lunar settlement. A settlement is also the resolution of something such as a lawsuit.
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  • n. 解决，处理；定居点，开拓

  • 1. to negotiate a peace settlement

    就和平协议进行谈判

  • 2. an out-of-court settlement

    庭外和解

  • 3. the settlement of a dispute

    争端的解决

  • 4. the settlement of a debt

    债务的偿还

  • 5. a cheque in settlement of a bill

    用于结账的支票

  • 6. signs of an Iron Age settlement

    铁器时代村落遗址

  • 7. the settlement of the American West

    美国西部的开拓过程

  • 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.
settle·ment / ˈsetlmənt ; NAmE ˈsetlmənt / noun 1 [countable ] an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups （解决纷争的）协议 ◆ to negotiate apeace settlement 就和平协议进行谈判 ◆ The management and unions have reached a settlementover 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 2 [uncountable ] the action of reaching an agreement 解决；处理 ◆ the settlement of a dispute 争端的解决 3 [countable ] ( law 律 ) the conditions, or a document stating the conditions, on which money or property is given to sb （关于钱财转让的）协议（书） ◆ a divorce/marriage/property, etc. settlement 离婚、结婚、财产等协议 4 [uncountable ] the action of paying back money that you owe （欠款的）支付，偿付，结算 ◆ the settlement of a debt 债务的偿还 ◆ a cheque in settlementof a bill 用于结账的支票 5 [countable ] a place where people have come to live and make their homes, especially where few or no people lived before （尤指拓荒安家的）定居点 ◆ signs of an Iron Age settlement 铁器时代村落遗址 6 [uncountable ] the process of people making their homes in a place 移民；殖民；开拓 ◆ the settlement of the American West 美国西部的开拓过程 settlement settlements settle·ment / ˈsetlmənt ; NAmE ˈsetlmənt /
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