asylum
美音:
[ə´saıləm
]英音:
[ə´saıləm
]n.庇护,收容所,救济院,精神病院
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a-=negative(否定)=not,without 目音之前为an-
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asylum
/ə'saɪləm; ə`saɪləm/
n
1 (a) [U] safety; refuge 安全; 庇护
*ask for/be granted political asylum, ie protection given to a political refugee by a foreign country 请求[准予]政治避难(外国给予政治难民的保护).
(b) [C] place of safety or refuge 庇护所; 避难所.
2 [C] (dated 旧) hospital for the care of mentally ill or destitute people 精神病院; 收容所.
asylum
n[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;Origin:Greek asylon, from asylos
'not able to be seized']
[U]protection given to someone by a government because they have escaped from fighting or political trouble in their own country
apply for/seek/be granted asylum He has been granted asylum in France.→
political asylum[C]old use a
mental hospital