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an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups (解决纷争的)协议 to negotiate a peace settlement 就和平协议进行谈判 The management and unions have reached a settlement over new working conditions. 资方和工会已就新的工作条件达成协议。 an out-of-court settlement (= money that is paid to somebody or an agreement that is made to stop somebody going to court) 庭外和解
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1The union has negotiated a temporary settlement. 工会已协商通过了一项临时协议。 There are still hopes for a negotiated settlement. 谈判解决仍有希望。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
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- long-term
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- achieve
- agree
- reach
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- agreement
- offer
- settlement of
- under a/the settlement
- settlement with
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- in settlement of
- the terms of the settlement
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the action of reaching an agreement 解决;处理 the settlement of a dispute 争端的解决
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- lasting
- long-term
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- achieve
- agree
- reach
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- agreement
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law )法律 the conditions, or a document stating the conditions, on which money or property is given to somebody (关于钱财转让的)协议(书) a divorce/marriage/property settlement 离婚/婚姻/财产协议
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsc2, Law and justicec2Nurses refused to accept a pay settlement less than the rate of inflation. 护士拒绝接受低于通货膨胀水平的调薪方案。 The company had to pay multi-million-dollar settlements to victims. 公司不得不向受害者支付数百万美元的赔偿金。 They made a financial settlement with the family in order to prevent a civil lawsuit. 他们和这一家人达成经济和解,以免去一场民事诉讼。 They signed away their legal rights for a large cash settlement. 他们签字放弃了获得大笔现金补偿的法律权利。 They won a settlement of $10.6 million. 他们得到了 1,060 万美元的和解补偿金。 a beneficiary under the settlement 协议的受益者 a proposed $100-million global settlement of a class action suit 拟议的对一起集体诉讼给予 1 亿美元整体赔偿的和解协议
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
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- long-term
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- agree
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- agreement
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- settlement with
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- the terms of the settlement
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the action of paying back money that you owe (欠款的)支付,偿付,结算 the settlement of a debt 债务的偿还 Settlement is made monthly by direct debit. 欠款每月从账户直接扣除。 - in settlement of something
She had to pay over $5 000 in settlement of her debts. 她得付5 000多元来偿还她的债务。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- lasting
- long-term
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- achieve
- agree
- reach
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- agreement
- offer
- settlement of
- under a/the settlement
- settlement with
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- in settlement of
- the terms of the settlement
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a place where people have come to live and make their homes, especially where few or no people lived before (尤指拓荒安家的)定居点 signs of an Iron Age settlement 铁器时代村落遗址 a mining settlement 采矿定居点
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1The Romans established a settlement on the south shore. 古罗马人在南部海岸建立了定居点。 the earliest urban human settlement in the world 世界上最早的人类城镇定居地
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- grow up
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the process of people making their homes in a place 移民;殖民;开拓 the settlement of the American West 美国西部的开拓过程 early settlement patterns in South America 南美早期居住地模式
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- early
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- establish
- found
- grow up
- patterns
- site