单词 | relief camp |
释义 | > as lemmasrelief camp relief camp n. (a) a camp for the accommodation of people in need of aid, esp. owing to a natural disaster, war, etc.; (b) chiefly New Zealand and Canadian a camp established by the government to house the unemployed, esp. those participating in work projects (now historical); cf. work camp n. (b) at work n. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1864 J. Q. Thornton Oregon & Calif. in 1848 II. xi. 162 It was determined to make every provision necessary to relieve both the sufferers and those who had gone to their aid, and to have a relief-camp established at the most eligible point on the route. 1867 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 4 Jan. 107/2 The government are doing everything in their power to provide means to assist the unemployed in and around Brisbane and Ipswich, by the establishment of relief camps. 1932 Weekly News (Auckland) 1 June With the object of providing satisfactory useful work for unemployed men in return for sustenance and a small wage the Government has established relief camps. 1979 Honolulu Advertiser 8 Jan. o1/1 Officials set up relief camps..in the border between two eastern states where tribesmen killed 50 villagers. 1995 Our Times Aug.–Sept. 27/2 Discontent was heating up right across Canada. The federal government's answer was to set up isolated relief camps to keep the unemployed men out of sight. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 June a12/5 The stranded residents were scattered among relief camps and improvised shelters. < as lemmas |
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