settlement
- n. （解决争端的）协议，和解；定居点，聚居地 ；殖民，开拓； <法律>（关于钱财转让的）协议（书）；（欠款的）支付，偿付；（地面或建筑物的）下沉，下陷；（按照协议规定收到的）金额；定居行动；结算，清账；解决，处理；<美>部落，村落
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英英释义
settlement [ 'setlmənt ]
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n.
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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
同义词： colony
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a community of people smaller than a town
同义词： village small town
- a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
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the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
同义词： colonization colonisation
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something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
"the finally reached a settlement with the union"
同义词： resolution closure
- an area where a group of families live together
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termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
同义词： liquidation
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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
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双语例句原声例句权威例句
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They were coerced into negotiating a settlement.
他们被迫通过谈判解决。
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They hope for a peaceful settlement of the dispute.
他们希望和平解决争端。
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The media played up the prospects for a settlement.
媒体夸大了和解的前景。
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But last October, Google reached a one hundred twenty-five million dollar legal settlement to also make parts of some copyrighted books available.
VOA: special.2009.07.24
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Is it 1820--the Missouri Crisis--in that settlement, and at least the beginnings now of a clarity of its expansion?
是从1820年的密苏里妥协案开始的吗,或者至少是从那时开始蔓延的吗
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Needless to say, when this memo of the Ford Motor Company's cost-benefit analysis came out in the trial, it appalled the jurors, who awarded a huge settlement.
不用说，当福特汽车公司的这份成本效益分析备忘录,在审理时被公之于众，陪审团大为震怒，判定巨额赔偿。
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