Settlement

(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.

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• 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.

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