1official/legal agreement協議ADJECTIVE | VERB + SETTLEMENT | SETTLEMENT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤final最後的協議▸➤lasting, long-term, permanent永久的協議;長期協議➤comprehensive全面的協議◇a lasting and comprehensive peace settlement永久全面的和平協議➤early較早的協議▸➤temporary臨時協議▸➤amicable, friendly, peaceful友好的解決;和平的解決▸➤just, reasonable, satisfactory (especially BrE) 公正的/合理的/令人滿意的解決▸➤compromise折衷的協議▸➤negotiated協商解決➤global (law法律) 整體協議◇a proposed $100-million global settlement of a class action suit擬議的對一起集體訴訟給予 1 億美元整體賠償的和解協議➤constitutional, diplomatic, financial, legal, political憲制/外交/金融/法律/政治協議▸➤compensation, divorce, marriage (especially BrE) 賠償/離婚/婚前財產協議➤out-of-court庭外和解➤generous慷慨的協議➤huge, large大筆補償◇They signed away their legal rights for a large cash settlement.他們簽字放棄了獲得大筆現金補償的法律權利。➤cash現金協議➤peace和平協議➤post-war戰後協議▸➤pay, wage (BrE) 薪金/工資協議◇Nurses refused to accept a pay settlement less than the rate of inflation.護士拒絕接受低於通貨膨脹水平的調薪方案。➤dispute爭議解決VERB + SETTLEMENT➤achieve, agree, reach, secure得到解決;同意和解;達成協議◇Both parties hope to reach an amicable settlement.雙方都希望達成和解。➤make成功和解◇They made a financial settlement with the family in order to prevent a civil lawsuit.他們和這一家人達成經濟和解,以免去一場民事訴訟。➤negotiate, produce協商達成協議;促成和解◇The union has negotiated a temporary settlement.工會已協商通過了一項臨時協議。➤seek尋求和解◇Lawyers are seeking an out-of-court settlement.律師們正尋求庭外和解。➤offer, propose提出/建議和解➤accept接受和解➤receive, win得到/獲得和解補償◇They won a settlement of $10.6 million.他們得到了 1,060 萬美元的和解補償金。➤pay償付補償金◇The company had to pay multi-million-dollar settlements to victims.公司不得不向受害者支付數百萬美元的賠償金。SETTLEMENT + NOUN➤agreement和解協議◇negotiations for a final settlement agreement針對最終和解協議的談判➤offer和解補償建議◇a $50 000 pretrial settlement offer5 萬美元的庭審前和解補償建議PREPOSITION➤settlement of⋯的解決◇the peaceful settlement of a long-standing dispute長期爭端的和平解決➤under a/the settlement根據協議條款◇a beneficiary under the settlement協議的受益者➤settlement with與⋯的協議◇They have reached a settlement with the government.他們已和政府達成了協議。PHRASES➤in settlement of用於⋯的解決◇They agreed to pay $8 million in settlement of the claim by Duqual.他們同意拿出 800 萬美元賠償杜凱爾以達成和解。◇a cheque in settlement of the amount owing (BrE) 清償欠款的支票➤the terms of the settlement和解條款settlement
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2place where people have come to live定居地ADJECTIVE | VERB + SETTLEMENT | SETTLEMENT + VERB | SETTLEMENT + NOUNADJECTIVE➤ancient, early古老的/早期的定居地▸➤land土地墾殖▸➤agricultural, rural農墾地區;鄉村聚落➤urban城市定居地➤coastal沿海定居地➤isolated, outlying偏遠的/遠離市鎮的定居地➤large, small大規模/小規模定居地➤human人類定居地◇the earliest urban human settlement in the world世界上最早的人類城鎮定居地➤European, Jewish, etc.歐洲人、猶太人等定居點➤permanent永久性定居地➤illegal非法定居點➤penal (especially BrE) 罪犯流放地VERB + SETTLEMENT➤establish, found建立定居點◇The Romans established a settlement on the south shore.古羅馬人在南部海岸建立了定居點。SETTLEMENT + VERB➤grow up居住地擴展◇A settlement grew up around the castle.城堡周圍逐漸發展成一片居住地。SETTLEMENT + NOUN➤patterns居住地模式◇early settlement patterns in South America南美早期居住地模式➤site (especially BrE) 居住點