English Dictionary

concentration camp

名詞

比喩的用法

A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport.

日本語の意味

戦闘や輸送の前に兵士を集結させるためのキャンプ

Before the offensive, the regiment assembled at the concentration camp to finalize their equipment and await orders.

攻勢の前に、連隊は装備を最終調整し命令を待つために部隊集結地に集まった。

意味（1）

A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport.

A concentration camp is a place, near the scene of intended operations or near an embarkation point, where troops are assembled for immediate use against the enemy or for transport to an over-sea theater of operations.

意味（2）

A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities.

All Cubans (men, women, and children) were ordered to move into garrisoned Spanish towns or concentration camps.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A situation wherein crowding and extremely harsh conditions take place.

The UN inspector stated that the Australian government's migrant detention facilities were in effect concentration camps.

concentration camps （ plural ）