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settlement

英 ['set(ə)lm(ə)nt] 美['sɛtlmənt]
  • n. 解决,处理;[会计] 结算;沉降;殖民

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复数: settlements;

中文词源


settlement 安排,解决,处理

settle,安排,解决,处理,-ment,名词后缀。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
这个村子里只住了50户人。

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2. There are much brighter prospects for a comprehensive settlement than before.
综合性的社区具有比以前更加光明的前景。

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3. Officials have now been delegated to start work on a draft settlement.
现在已经委派官员着手起草解决方案。

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4. In court filings, they argued that the settlement was inadequate.
在法庭讼案中,他们提出和解费数额太少。

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5. Without their assent a political settlement cannot be reached.
没有他们的同意,不可能达成政治上的和解。

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