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Volkswagen has reportedly reached a settlement with the United States government over charges that it gave its diesel vehicles software to cheat federal emissions tests.
据报道大众与美国政府达成一项协议，关于控告其在柴油车使用软件欺骗联邦的排放测试。
According to The Associated Press, the company will spend just over $1 billion to compensate U.S. owners of the vehicles and German media says that each owner of an affected diesel car will be paid $5,000.
据美联社报道，大众将花费超过10亿美元来补偿美国车主，德国媒体表示每位受影响的柴油车主将获得5,000美元。
The AP adds in its report that negotiations about fixing the cars are currently ongoing.
美联社在报道中补充道，关于修理汽车的谈判正在进行中。
Earlier this week, lawyers for thousands of Volkswagen owners in the U.S. asked a federal judge in California to order a settlement if Volkswagen couldn’t agree to a fix by Thursday.
本周早些时候，美国数千名大众车主的律师要求加利福尼亚的一名联邦法官安排方案，如果到周四大众不同意解决。
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词汇解析
1、settlement
(争议双方的)正式协议，和解
Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.
我们一定要达成和平协议。
They are not optimistic about a settlement of the eleven year conflict.
他们不是很有信心能和平解决这场长达 11 年的纷争。
(通过赔偿等达成的)庭外和解
She accepted an out-of-court settlement of 4,000.
她同意支付 4,000 英镑的庭外和解赔偿金。
a libel settlement.
一宗诽谤案的庭外和解
定居点;聚居地
The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
这个村子里只住了 50户人。
a Muslim settlement.
穆斯林聚居区
2、compensate
赔偿;补偿
The official promise to compensate people for the price rise clearly hadn't been worked out properly.
显然，官方对物价上涨进行补偿的承诺没有真正兑现。
To ease financial difficulties, farmers could be compensated for their loss of subsidies.
为了缓解经济困难，农场主们损失的补贴会得到补偿。
弥补(过失或不足)
People who sense that they are inferior have to compensate, and often over-compensate by way of outward achievement.
觉得自卑的人只有通过外在的成就来弥补自己的不足，但往往都做过了头。
No supportive words could ever compensate for the pain of being separated from her children for 10 years.
任何表示支持的言语都无法弥补与孩子们分开10年带给她的痛苦。
