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。
定居；殖民；沉淀；调整
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
The act of settling: establishing oneself, colonizing, subsiding, or adjusting.
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.
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.
The settling of sediment at the bottom of the lake is a natural process.
沉积物在湖底的沉降是一个自然过程。
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.
工程师监测建筑地基随时间发生的沉降。
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.
地震之后，地面的沉降持续了数周。
用法提示：此句中'settling'为名词，表示地面的逐渐下沉。
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。
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。
The settling of accounts with our overseas partners takes place at the end of each quarter.
与海外合作伙伴的账目结算在每季度末进行。
grammar · medium
易错句子The two sides finally reached a settling after long talks.
正确表达The two sides finally reached a settlement after long talks.
表示“达成协议、解决争端”时，要用可数名词 settlement，指谈判后得到的结果；settling 只表示“settling 这一行为或过程”，不能作 reached 的宾语来表示协议。
grammar · medium
易错句子The settling down of the sediment took several hours.
正确表达The settling of the sediment took several hours.
表示颗粒“下沉、沉降”时，settle 后面不加 down；settle down 表示“安定下来、平静下来”或“定居”，因此这里要去掉 down。
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 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 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。
v. — settle
n. — settle + -ment
n. — settle + -er
adj. — settle + -ed
adj. — un- + settle + -ed
v. — re- + settle
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