settlement

n. 安頓、解決、處理、結算、殖民、殖民地、沉降

居住區、沉渣

學術名詞

• 沉陷：地球科學、礦冶工程、海洋科學、土木工程、地質學、水利工程學
• 聚落：地理學、地球科學、測量學、高中地理學、地質學
• 沈陷：力學、測量學
• 結算：管理學、資訊
• 水位降低：測量學
• 水面下沈：測量學
• 沉降物：海洋科學
• 下沉：海洋科學

英文釋義

1. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
2. a community of people smaller than a town
3. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
4. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies