柯林斯詞典settlement /?s?t?lm?nt/ (settlements) 1. N-COUNT A settlement is an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument. 協(xié)議 Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement. 我們的目標(biāo)必須是確保達(dá)成一個(gè)和平協(xié)議。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4萬(wàn)美元庭外和解。3. N-UNCOUNT The settlement of a debt is the act of paying back money that you owe. 清償 ...ways to delay the settlement of debts. …拖延債務(wù)清償?shù)霓k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. 這個(gè)村子是個(gè)僅有50家住戶的定居地。 返回 settlement劍橋詞典 settlement noun (AGREE) [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] an official agreement that finishes an argument （結(jié)束爭(zhēng)端的）協(xié)議 It now seems unlikely that it will be possible to negotiate /reach a peaceful settlement of the conflict . 現(xiàn)在看來(lái)和平解決這一沖突是不可能的。 As part of their divorce settlement, Jeff agreed to let Polly keep the house . 作為離婚協(xié)議的一部分，杰夫同意房子歸波莉所有。 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] 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；庭外和解費(fèi) They reached an out-of-court settlement. 他們達(dá)成了庭外和解。 The actor accepted a settlement of $100,000 from the magazine . 這名演員接受了雜志10萬(wàn)美元的庭外和解費(fèi)。 例句 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 (HOME) [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] 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 . 在這座法國(guó)城市郊外發(fā)現(xiàn)了一處大型古羅馬人定居點(diǎn)。 Many Native Americans were killed during the settlement of the American West by Europeans in the 19th century . 許多美洲印第安人在19世紀(jì)歐洲人在美國(guó)西部開(kāi)拓殖民地的過(guò)程中被殺害。 settlement noun (PAYMENT) [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] the action of paying money to someone 結(jié)算；結(jié)帳；支付 The settlement of his debts took him several months . 他花了幾個(gè)月時(shí)間才還清了債務(wù)。 I enclose a cheque in settlement of your claim . 我附上一張支票支付你的索賠。 UK Her mother made a settlement on her (= made a formal arrangement to give her money ) when she started college . 她開(kāi)始讀大學(xué)時(shí)，她母親贈(zèng)與了她一筆錢。 settlement noun (MOVEMENT LOWER) [ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] 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