Differential settlement
[化] 沉降差
🧩 词语组成解析
differential
['dɪfə'rɛnʃəl]
adj. 差别的;特意的;[数]微分的;[机，物]差动的;
n. [数]微分;差别;工资级差;[机]差动器;
di, dif, divid 表示”分开”;”取消”,”否定”;”不同”
settlement
['sɛtlmənt]
n. 解决;结算;<律>金钱或财产的转让（契约）;沉淀;定居点;
settle 解决，安居+ ment 表示行为、行为的过程或结果 → n.解决；殖民，殖民地
🗣️ 情景例句
What's the lowest you're willing to go?
最低你能出什么价？
I'd like to reserve a sleeper to chicago.
我要预订去芝加哥的卧铺。
There was less food for birds and also for the prairie dog, a kind of animal which lives in holes in the ground.
供鸟类吃的食物少了，供草原犬鼠（一种生活在地洞里的动物）吃的食物也少了。