It could lead to more out-of-court settlements of such disputes.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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(爭議雙方的)正式協議，和解
A settlement is an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument.
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Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement...我們一定要達成和平協議。They are not optimistic about a settlement of the eleven year conflict.他們不是很有信心能和平解決這場長達 11 年的紛爭。
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(通過賠償等達成的)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.
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She accepted an out-of-court settlement of ￡4,000.她同意支付 4,000 英鎊的庭外和解賠償金。...a libel settlement.一宗誹謗案的庭外和解
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(欠款的)償付，支付，結算，清償
The settlement of a debt is the act of paying back money that you owe.
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...ways to delay the settlement of debts.延期清償債務的辦法
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定居點;聚居地
A settlement is a place where people have come to live and have built homes.
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The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.這個村子里只住了 50戶人。...a Muslim settlement.穆斯林聚居區
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移民;殖民;開拓
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.
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...the settlement of immigrants in the occupied territories.向占領地移民的殖民開拓