Settlement
['set(ə)lm(ə)nt] or ['sɛtlmənt]
解释:
(noun.) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; 'they 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'.
(noun.) a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it.
(noun.) an area where a group of families live together.
编辑:斯坦利--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
(n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
(n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.
(n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc.
(n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.
(n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.
(n.) That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.
(n.) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
(n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.
(n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.
(n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
(n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
(n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.
艾伯特整理
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Adjustment, arrangement.[2]. Reconciliation, pacification.[3]. Liquidation, payment, discharge.[4]. Colonization.[5]. Colony.[6]. [U. S.] Ordination, installation.
唐尼手打
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Subsidence, dregs, residuum, precipitation, colonization, location, colony
ANT:Excitement, perturbation, turbidity, fluctuation
哈迪编辑
例句:
- Perhaps I would make a settlement on her, said Esterhazy; but mind, she must be very young, very fair, and almost innocent. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- You can marry her, arter you and me have come to a settlement. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- What if their truth could be proved before the fatal words of consent were spoken, and the marriage-settlement was drawn? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Like himself they had failed to grasp the necessity of entrusting the work of settlement to more specially qualified men. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- You shall take the whole responsibility of this discreditable settlement on your own shoulders before I leave the room. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He founded a settlement in the Rio de Oro (on Kerne or Herne Island), and sailed on past the Senegal river. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- This is the signal for a general settlement of the audience. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- As to the settlement of poor papa's affairs, my interest in that is not very selfish. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- The Dutch settlement here formed gradually grew into a town called New Amsterdam, which in 1648 had 1,000 inhabitants. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- It seems as inevitable that voyaging should make men free in their minds as that settlement within a narrow horizon should make men timid and servile. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- An apprentice is scarce ever married; and it is expressly enacted, that no married servant shall gain any settlement by being hired for a year. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- We have already told the tale of Cnossos (Chapter XVII) and of the settlement of the kindred Philistines in Palestine (Chapter XXI, § 1). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The first settlement was located three years afterward on the present site of Battery Park. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- By the information which they received, they judged whether it was worth while to make a settlement there, or if the country was worth the conquering. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- You can't get rid of me, except by coming to a settlement. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The Mexicans used to capture these in large numbers and bring them into the American settlements and sell them. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- But his proposals for state settlements were what we should call state socialism to-day. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Even in the islands where they have settlements, they have very much reduced, it is said, the number of those trees. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Others conjectured that she was going to be married, and that the settlements were preparing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- At Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta the English established their headquarters; Pondicherry and Chandernagore were the chief French settlements. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Among the oldest of these settlements was the colony of Virginia, the name of which commemorates Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of England. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Such small settlements as the Swedes made in America presently fell to the Dutch. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Upon the seven hills near the ford a number of settlements sprang up, which finally amalgamated into one city. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- We'll indict the blackguards for felony, and get 'em shipped off to penal settlements. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- To these Jewish Khazars are to be ascribed the great settlements of Jews in Poland and Russia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- She wanted settlements. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The difficulty of obtaining settlements obstructs even that of common labour. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Spain retained Cuba and a few settlements in the Philippine Islands. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Municipal improvements were undertaken in Panama and Colon and the various settlements in the Canal Zone, such as the construction of reservoirs, pavements and a system of modern roads. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The Dutch settlements in the West, as well as those in the East Indies, were originally put under the government of an exclusive company. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
手打:马吉