settlement

英 ['set(?)lm(?)nt] 美['s?tlm?nt]
  • n. 解決,處理;[會(huì)計(jì)] 結(jié)算;沉降;殖民

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The Supreme Court is likely to persuade the parties concerned to work out a settlement.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

Its practice of burning forests for settlement and development.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

In 2005, the Authors Guild of America, together with a group of US publishers, launched a class action suit?(集團(tuán)訴訟) 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月閱讀原文

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月閱讀原文

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月閱讀原文

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月閱讀原文

It is by no means certain that the settlement will be?enacted?(執(zhí)行)?–?it is the subject of afairness hearing in the US courts.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

The commercial provisions of the settlement

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

It could lead to more out-of-court settlements of such disputes.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

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年考研閱讀原文

Surveys can cover a single large settlement or entire landscapes.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

At its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the world.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文