The makeshift tent answered their purpose.

临时代用帐篷解决了他们的问题。

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To my astonishment, I found them living in a makeshift tent.

我赫然发现他们住在救灾帐篷里。

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Like everyone in the town, he sleeps in a makeshift tent: a plastic tarp slung over some small trees.

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On Wednesday, families of residents trapped in that rubble gathered within a makeshift tent nearby to await news of their loved ones.

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On Tuesday the Plan B drill passed the halfway point to the miners, spurring a celebration in Camp Hope, the makeshift tent village where many of the miners' family members anxiously wait.

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