settlement

和解、示談

裁判所の判断によらず、当事者の合意で法律上の争いを終えること。

やさしい英語で： An agreement between people that ends a legal disagreement without a court deciding the case.

• They reached a settlement.
• The company offered a settlement to avoid a trial.
• Her lawyers negotiated a settlement with the former employer.

使い方： reach a settlement with someone (He reached a settlement with his landlord.); a settlement of something (The lawyers agreed on a settlement of the claim.)

類義語： agreement, compromise

よく使う表現： out-of-court settlement, reach a settlement, settlement with someone

入植地、開拓集落

人々が家を建て、新たに暮らし始めた場所。

やさしい英語で： A new place where a group of people have built homes and begun living.

• They built a small settlement.
• The first settlement stood beside the river.
• Several new settlements appeared along the railway.

類義語： colony

よく使う表現： new settlement, frontier settlement, establish a settlement

集落、居住地

村や町など、人々が集まって暮らす場所。

やさしい英語で： A place where people live together, such as a village or town.

• The nearest settlement is ten miles away.
• Archaeologists found the remains of an ancient settlement.
• The region contains many small farming settlements.

類義語： community, populated place

よく使う表現： rural settlement, small settlement, ancient settlement

解決、合意

意見の食い違いや争いを終わらせる合意や解決策。

やさしい英語で： An agreement or solution that brings a disagreement to an end.

• Both sides want a peaceful settlement.
• The talks produced a settlement of the dispute.
• Workers returned after the union accepted the settlement.

使い方： settlement of something (They sought a settlement of the border dispute.)

類義語： resolution, agreement

よく使う表現： peaceful settlement, settlement of something, negotiated settlement

定住、入植

人々がある地域に移り住み、そこを生活の場にすること。

やさしい英語で： The process of people moving into an area and making it their home.

• The valley was suitable for settlement.
• Permanent settlement began near the coast.
• The railway encouraged the settlement of inland areas.

使い方： settlement of something (The settlement of the region took several decades.)

類義語： colonization

よく使う表現： permanent settlement, human settlement, settlement of something

沈下、地盤沈下

建物やその基礎が地面にゆっくり沈むこと。

やさしい英語で： The slow sinking of a building or its foundations into the ground.

• Settlement caused cracks in the wall.
• Engineers measured the settlement of the foundations.
• Uneven settlement can damage an entire building.

類義語： subsidence

よく使う表現： uneven settlement, foundation settlement, settlement cracks