1 an official agreement that ends an argument; the act of reaching an agreement (结束纠纷的)协议;达成协议:
a divorce settlement离婚协议the settlement of a dispute解决争端
2 a place that a group of people have built and live in, where few or no people lived before; the process of people starting to live in a place 拓居地;殖民地;拓居;殖民:
There is believed to have been a prehistoric settlement on this site.据认为这地方在史前有过一个居民点。the settlement of the American West美国西部的开拓
settlement/ˋsɛtḷmənt; ˈsetlmənt/n [C] 1 an official agreement that ends an argument or fighting〔争端或冲突的〕解决﹐和解: a political/peace/peaceful settlement We still hope to reach a peaceful settlement . 我们仍然希望达成和平解决。2 a group of buildings or houses where people live or lived 村落﹐定居点: a Stone Age settlement 石器时代的一个村落
settlementsettlementsettlementsnoun1an agreement about something after talking or arguing: After days of talks, the two sides reached a settlement.2a group of homes in a place where no people have lived before: a settlement in the forest