asylum 详细解释

asylum

[ə'sailəm]

n.收容所, 避难所, 庇护, 精神病院

n.

1. 避难; 政治避难权, 庇护权[U]

Belgium granted asylum to the political refugees.

比利时给予政治难民避难权。

2. 避难所, 庇护所[C]

3. 收容所, 救济院; 精神病院[C]

The abandoned children were put into an asylum.

被遗弃的儿童送进了孤儿院。

词形变化

名词复数:asylums

词义辨析

同义:

n.收容所; 避难所

home  madhouse  refuge  shelter  harbour  sanctuary  

同义参见:

dwelling  harbor  nest  institution  haven  cell  fortress  

英英释义

名词 asylum:

a shelter from danger or hardship

同义词:refuge, sanctuary

a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

同义词:mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum

补充

asylumasylum英:[əˈsailəm] 美:[əˈsaɪləm]n.1.避难所; 庇护, 政治避难Having sought asylum in the West for many years, they were eventually granted it.他们获得了在西方以寻求多年的避难权。2.精神病院

例句

1. He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.1987年他在逃脱本国警察追捕后, 就申请了政治避难。 2. a group of refugees seeking political asylum in Australia一群在澳大利亚寻求政治避难的难民 3. She would try to find a Canadian embassy and claim asylum.她会试图找一个加拿大使馆寻求避难。 4. The government gave asylum to the refugees.政府为难民提供避难。 5. The United Nations is urging countries to grant asylum to fleeing Haitian refugees.联合国敦促各国给予逃亡的海地难民避难权。 6. The men begged the priest to give them asylum.这些人乞求牧师为他们提供避难所。 7. The workhouse was seen as an asylum for the poor.济贫院被视为穷人的庇护所。 8. These men came and took me to an asylum.这些人来了后把我带到了一家精神病院。 9. people seeking asylum in Britain.到英国寻求政治避难的人们。 10. asylum for those too ill to care for themselves.重病人看护所。 11. he'd been committed to an asylum.他被送进精神病院。 12. to seek/apply for/be granted asylum寻求/申请/获得政治庇护 13. She asked for political asylum.她请求政治避难。 14. She was granted asylum after it was made clear that she would be killed if she returned to her native country.在明确证实她如果回到本国会遭杀害后,她被准予政治避难。 15. asylum seekers寻求政治避难者