settlement
noun
ˈsetlmənt
noun
1
OFFICIAL AGREEMENT
正式协议
an
official
agreement
or
decision
that
ends
an
argument,
a
court
case,
or
a
fight,
or
the
action
of
making
an
agreement
〔解决争端的〕协议，和解
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2
PAYMENT
支付
when
you
pay
all
the
money
that
you
owe
[正式] 〔欠款的〕清偿
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of
]
the
settlement
of
all
his
debts
他所有债务的清偿
in
settlement
(of
sth)
Wyatt
had
received
the
property
in
settlement
of
a
bet.
怀亚特是打赌赢到这份房产的。
3
GROUP OF HOUSES
住宅
a
group
of
houses
and
buildings
where
people
live,
especially
in
a
place
where
few
people
have
lived
before
〔尤指拓荒者居住的〕定居点，村落
C
The
railway
stations
created
new
settlements.
这些火车站产生了新的定居点。
an
early
Iron
Age
settlement
一座铁器时代早期的村落
4
NEW AREA/PLACES
新的地区/地方
when
a
lot
of
people
move
to
a
place
in
order
to
live
there,
especially
in
a
place
where
not
many
people
have
lived
before
殖民，移民，开拓
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of
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the
settlement
of
the
American
West
美国西部的开拓过程
5
SINKING
下沉
the
process
in
which
a
building
or
the
ground
slowly
sinks
downwards
[术语] 〔建筑物或地面的〕沉降，下陷;
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