單詞
settlement
英 ['set(?)lm(?)nt]
美['s?tlm?nt]
基本信息
- n. 解決，處理；[會計] 結算；沉降；殖民
CET4TEM4考研CET6中高頻詞常用詞匯
英英釋意
- 1. 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
- 2. a community of people smaller than a town
- 3. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
- 4. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies;
- "the British colonization of America"
- 5. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making;
- "the finally reached a settlement with the union"
- "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"
- "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
- 6. an area where a group of families live together
- 7. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
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