1. (争议双方的)正式协议，和解
    A settlement is an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument.

    e.g. Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement...
           我们一定要达成和平协议。
    e.g. They are not optimistic about a settlement of the eleven year conflict.
           他们不是很有信心能和平解决这场长达 11 年的纷争。

2. (通过赔偿等达成的)庭外和解
    A settlement is an agreement to end a disagreement or dispute without going to a court of law, for example by offering someone money.

settlement在线翻译

    e.g. She accepted an out-of-court settlement of £4,000.
           她同意支付 4,000 英镑的庭外和解赔偿金。
    e.g. ...a libel settlement.
           一宗诽谤案的庭外和解

3. (欠款的)偿付，支付，结算，清偿
    The settlement of a debt is the act of paying back money that you owe.

    e.g. ...ways to delay the settlement of debts.
           延期清偿债务的办法

4. 定居点;聚居地
    A settlement is a place where people have come to live and have built homes.

    e.g. The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
           这个村子里只住了 50户人。
    e.g. ...a Muslim settlement.
           穆斯林聚居区

5. 移民;殖民;开拓
    The settlement of a group of people is the process in which they settle in a place where people from their country have never lived before.

settlement什么意思

    e.g. ...the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.
           向占领地移民的殖民开拓