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asylum

美音:[ə´saıləm ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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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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refuge  sanctuary  retreat  keep  last resort  ward  prison  asylum  ark  home  hiding place    

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home  institution  madhouse  refuge  shelter    

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