settlement
英 ['set(ə)lm(ə)nt]
美['sɛtlmənt]
- n. 解决，处理；[会计] 结算；沉降；殖民
考试真题
- The Supreme Court is likely to persuade the parties concerned to work out a settlement.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- Its practice of burning forests for settlement and development.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- In 2005, the Authors Guild of America, together with a group of US publishers, launched a class action suit (集团诉讼) against Google that, after more than two years of negotiation, ended with an announcement last October that Google and the claimants had reached an out-of-court settlement.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- This settlement hands Google the power - but only with the agreement of individual rights holders – to exploit its database of out-of-print books
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- Critics point out that, by giving Google the right to commercially exploit its database, the settlement paves the way for a subtle shift in the company's role from provider of information to seller.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- Interest in this aspect of the settlement has focused on "orphan" works, where there is no known copyright holder – these make up an estimated 5-10% of the books Google has scanned
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- It is by no means certain that the settlement will be enacted (执行) – it is the subject of afairness hearing in the US courts.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- The commercial provisions of the settlement
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- It could lead to more out-of-court settlements of such disputes.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- The resulting settlement maps show how the distribution and density of the rural population around the city changed dramatically between AD500 and 850, when Copán collapsed.
出自-2014年考研阅读原文
- Surveys can cover a single large settlement or entire landscapes.
出自-2014年考研阅读原文
- At its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the world.
出自-2014年考研阅读原文
