settlement
英 ['set(?)lm(?)nt]
美['s?tlm?nt]
- n. 解決，處理；[會(huì)計(jì)] 結(jié)算；沉降；殖民
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?settlements;
中文詞源
settlement 安排，解決，處理
settle,安排，解決，處理，-ment,名詞后綴。
英英釋意
- 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
英文詞源
- 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.
考試真題
- The Supreme Court is likely to persuade the parties concerned to work out a settlement.
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- Its practice of burning forests for settlement and development.
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- In 2005, the Authors Guild of America, together with a group of US publishers, launched a class action suit?(集團(tuán)訴訟) 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.
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- This settlement hands Google the power - but only with the agreement of individual rights holders?–?to exploit its database of out-of-print books
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- 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.
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- 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
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- It is by no means certain that the settlement will be?enacted?(執(zhí)行)?–?it is the subject of afairness hearing in the US courts.
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- The commercial provisions of the settlement
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- It could lead to more out-of-court settlements of such disputes.
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- 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.
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- Surveys can cover a single large settlement or entire landscapes.
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- At its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the world.
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實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- to negotiate a peace settlement
- 就和平協(xié)議進(jìn)行談判
牛津詞典
- The management and unions have reached a settlement over new working conditions.
- 資方和工會(huì)已就新的工作條件達(dá)成協(xié)議。
牛津詞典
- 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
牛津詞典
- the settlement of a dispute
- 爭(zhēng)端的解決
牛津詞典
- a divorce/marriage/property, etc. settlement
- 離婚、結(jié)婚、財(cái)產(chǎn)等協(xié)議
牛津詞典
- the settlement of a debt
- 債務(wù)的償還
牛津詞典
- a cheque in settlement of a bill
- 用于結(jié)賬的支票
牛津詞典
- signs of an Iron Age settlement
- 鐵器時(shí)代村落遺址
牛津詞典
- the settlement of the American West
- 美國(guó)西部的開拓過程
牛津詞典
- Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement...
- 我們一定要達(dá)成和平協(xié)議。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- They are not optimistic about a settlement of the eleven year conflict.
- 他們不是很有信心能和平解決這場(chǎng)長(zhǎng)達(dá) 11 年的紛爭(zhēng)。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- She accepted an out-of-court settlement of ￡4,000.
- 她同意支付 4,000 英鎊的庭外和解賠償金。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- ...a libel settlement.
- 一宗誹謗案的庭外和解
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- ...ways to delay the settlement of debts.
- 延期清償債務(wù)的辦法
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
- 這個(gè)村子里只住了 50戶人。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- ...a Muslim settlement.
- 穆斯林聚居區(qū)
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- ...the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.
- 向占領(lǐng)地移民的殖民開拓
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The plan has a sting intail: it means we lose one day's holiday.
- 這個(gè)計(jì)劃是先甜后苦: 它意味著我們少一天的假期.
期刊摘選
- The settlement of the issue must not be conditional upon the acceptance of fait accompli.
- 不能在造成既成事實(shí)的前提下解決這個(gè)問題.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The terms of settlement seem just.
- 和解的條件似乎是公道的.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- They agreed on the broad outlines of a wage settlement.
- 他們就工資解決的辦法達(dá)成框架協(xié)議.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- He took up his settlement in a new house.
- 他在新屋居住下來(lái).
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- The problem is ripe for settlement.
- 解決這個(gè)問題的時(shí)機(jī)已經(jīng)成熟.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- That lonely, remote settlement blossomed into a charming little city.
- 那個(gè)寂寞而偏僻的開拓地變成了一個(gè)可愛的小城市.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- He mediated a settlement between labor and management.
- 他在勞資雙方間通過調(diào)停達(dá)成和解.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- They mediated the settlement between labor and management.
- 他們通過調(diào)停解決了勞資糾紛.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- The two countries made settlement by amicable arrangement.
- 兩國(guó)以友好調(diào)解解決爭(zhēng)端.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- Our divorce settlement was delayed by a year because our lawyer spent a lot of time arguing about legal niceties.
- 由于雙方律師花了許多時(shí)間討論法律細(xì)節(jié),我們的離婚推遲了一年多才解決.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》