单词 | resettlement camp |
释义 | > as lemmasresettlement camp resettlement camp n. [with use in South Africa compare Afrikaans hervestigingskamp (1971 or earlier)] ΚΠ 1947 Jrnl. Polit. 9 121 In connection with a discussion of resettlement camps, the author apparently considers it necessary to give the reader information concerning the amount of straw provided for bedding. 1970 Cape Times 5 June 70 Black ‘labour force units’ are tolerated in urban ‘bachelor quarters’ while their ‘superfluous appendages’ are removed from their ‘dwelling units’ and ‘repatriated’ to ‘resettlement camps’. 1991 J. Rifkin Biosphere Politics i. x. 75 Millions of families are abandoning the land and streaming into urban areas that more closely resemble resettlement camps than functioning communities. < as lemmas |
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