make a settlement是什么意思

make a settlement是什么意思

make a settlement
做一个结算
双语对照

例句:
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It was now known that van diemen's land was severed by a broad strait from the mainland,and the governor at sydney thought that if the french proposed to make a settlementanywhere they would be certain to appropriate this island, and deny that the english hadany claim to it.
当时人们已经知道，范迪门斯地与大陆之间有一条宽阔的海峡；悉尼的行政长官（注：金恩）认为，如果法国人计划找一个地方建立移居点，很容易会选择这个岛屿，而不顾英国人的任何反对。

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make a large settlement.花大价钱摆平/买断。学英语的话如果家里有网络的话就去网上伯瑞英语找个外国人聊聊天啊，培养英语思维，建议先试试。