Thiswas initially a British settlement;

这最初是英国的解决办法；

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Newcastle's love affair with coal is almost as old as British settlement of Australia.

纽卡斯尔与煤炭的亲密关系，几乎与英国殖民澳大利亚的历史一样悠久。

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Harold Giedt went to school in Shanghai's International Settlement, home to many Americans and British.

哈罗德·希德特在有很多美国和英国人居住的上海公共租界内上学。

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He was a wealthy British investor who supported the settlement of Roanoke Island.

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Until about twenty years ago, the entire Australian continent was considered to have been, for legal purposes, terra nullius, land belonging to no one, at the moment British settlement began.

NEWYORKER: The Miner��s Daughter

The prime minister wants to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU before putting a new settlement to the British people.

BBC: David Cameron: EU must reduce proposed budget rises

Swiss bank UBS is reportedly near a settlement with American and British regulators over interest-rate rigging.

FORBES: Libor Scandal Extended To UBS: Bank Reportedly Near $450M Settlement With Regulators