| 单词 | settlement |
| 释义 | settlement /'setlmant; 'setlmsnt/ n 1 [U] the act of settling (a dispute: debt, etc); [C] instance of this: 解决; 和解; 清偿; 其实例： The terms of ~ seem just. 和解的条件似乎还公道。 We hope for a lasting ~ of all these troubles. 我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。 The strikers have reached a ~ with the employers. 罢工者与雇主已达成协议。 I enclose a cheque in ~ of your account. 我寄上支票一张以清偿你的帐目。 2 [C] (statement of) property settled(IO) on sb: 财产授与文书; 所授与的财产： a 'marriage ~, one made by a man in favour of his wife. 莺与妻子的财产。 3 [U] process of settling people in a colony; [C] new colony; group of colonists: 殖民; 新殖民地; 殖民团体; 殖民人群： empty lands awaiting ~; 尚待殖民的空旷之地; Dutch and English ~s in North America; 荷兰人和英国人在北美洲的殖民地; penal ~s in Australia. 澳洲的罪犯殖民地。 4 [C] group of persons engaged in social welfare work, eg in a slum district. 从事社会福利工作的团体(如在贫民区等处) c |
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