The Panama Canal authority has approved a deal to settle a dispute over cost overruns that delayed a project to widen the water way.

巴拿马运河当局通过了一项协议，解决由于费用超支延误扩建工程引发的争端。

In 1494, Pope Alexander VI settled a dispute between Portugal and Spain by dividing the world into two parts: The Spanish part, and the Portuguese part.

1494 年，教皇亚历山大六世解决了葡萄牙和西班牙之间的争端， 将世界分为两部分：西班牙部分和葡萄牙部分。

Early in his administration, President Fillmore signed the Compromise of Eighteen Fifty. That compromise helped settle a dispute over slavery and the western territories. It ended a crisis between northern and southern states. It prevented a civil war.

在他执政初期，总统菲尔莫尔签署了1850年折衷法案。这一法案有助于解决奴隶制和西部领土争端。它结束了南北各州之间的危机，阻止了内战的爆发。