Word · Frequency #32905
settling
定居;殖民;沉淀;调整
核心释义
The act of settling: establishing oneself, colonizing, subsiding, or adjusting.
- 1.
定居、殖民、沉降、调整等的行为或过程。
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
- 2.
账目的结算或清结;赌博赢款的支付。
The reckoning or settlement of accounts; the paying out of gambling winnings.
结算;清算;(赌博)兑付赌金;定居、殖民、沉降、调整等的行为或过程。;账目的结算或清结;赌博赢款的支付。;沉淀物;[法] 固定;移住
用法In use
The settling of sediment at the bottom of the lake is a natural process.
用法提示:此句中'settling'为名词,表示'逐渐下沉'的过程。
Engineers monitor the settling of the building's foundation over time.
用法提示:此句中'settling'为名词,指建筑物地基的缓慢下沉。
After the earthquake, the settling of the ground continued for weeks.
用法提示:此句中'settling'为名词,表示地面的逐渐下沉。
the settling of sth
settling 作名词表示“定居、殖民、平息、调整”这一过程,常用 the settling of + 名词 的结构,比动词 settle 更强调过程本身。
The settling of the region by European farmers changed the landscape within a few decades.
欧洲农民对该地区的定居在几十年内改变了当地地貌。
the settling of accounts (with sb)
表示结清账目、清算债务,常与 with sb 连用;同一名词也可用于 the settling of gambling winnings,指赌金的兑付。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- settlement
- 结算;清偿;结清款 · settlement 多指结算完成后的结果或一笔结清款;settling 作名词时更强调结算、清理的过程本身,单独使用较少。会计语境里两者都可能出现,但“结清某笔账”的结果通常说 settlement,描述过程可说 the settling of accounts。
- settler
- 定居者;殖民者 · settler 指迁入并定居下来的人,是可数名词;settling 指定居、沉降或结算的行为或过程,不能指人。二者词形相近,但一个中心义是人,一个中心义是过程。
- subsidence
- 沉降;下陷 · subsidence 特指地面或建筑物向下沉降,常见于地质、工程等正式语境;settling 泛指沉降、沉淀,也可用于结算、定居等其他语境。谈地面下陷时 subsidence 更具体,但不是所有 settling 都能换成 subsidence。
词族Word family
- settle
- 定居;解决;沉淀 · v. — settle
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