tent city / ˈtɛnt ˌsɪt i /

帐篷城市帐篷城帐篷之城帐篷市

tent city 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. an area set up with tents, especially to house unsheltered, homeless, or displaced people.

tent city 近义词

tent city

等同于 camp

更多tent city例句

  1. He highlighted reporting on the sprawling tent cities south of the San Ysidro port of entry, growing because of the Migrant Protection Protocols, a federal policy that’s forced migrants to wait in Mexico as their cases are resolved.
  2. The residents of this tent city are asylum-seekers who have already been waiting in Mexico for months and hope the new president means their wait is finally over.
  3. Speaking of MPP, two local reporters wrote separate stories about a sprawling tent city growing just south of the San Ysidro port of entry.
  4. KPBS’s Max Rivlin-Nadler painted a vivid picture of life in this growing tent city, which has attracted a crew of volunteer cooks, doctors, teachers and social workers.
  5. The deadly crash Monday as a storm approached was a shocking reminder of the dangers people who live in those tent cities face and of the challenge the mayor and a largely new class of City Council members have inherited.
  6. Throughout the fifties, in city after city, fluoridation became the subject of fierce debate.
  7. To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
  8. Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.
  9. “I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.
  10. Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.
  11. The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
  12. This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.
  13. When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
  14. Two young lovers were exchanging their hearts' yearnings beneath the children's tent, which they had found unoccupied.
  15. You see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.