1N-UNCOUNT (通常指政治)庇护,避难 If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons. (通常指政治)庇护,避难
He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.
1protection given by a government政府庇護ADJECTIVE | VERB + ASYLUM | ASYLUM + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤political政治避難▸➤temporary暫時的庇護VERB + ASYLUM➤apply for, claim, request, seek申請避難;要求避難;請求庇護;尋求庇護◇She fled the country, and is now seeking asylum in Sweden.她逃離了該國,目前正在瑞典尋求庇護。➤give sb, grant sb, offer sb給某人提供庇護;給某人避難權▸➤get, receive獲得庇護▸➤deny sb, refuse sb拒絕給某人避難權◇Over 400 people have been refused asylum.400 多人沒有獲准政治避難。ASYLUM + NOUN➤seeker尋求避難者◇bogus / genuine asylum seekers假的/真正的尋求避難者➤application, case, claim避難申請/案例/要求PHRASES➤an application for asylum避難申請▸➤the right of asylum, the right to asylum庇護權;避難權◇Those fleeing from the war have the right to asylum.因戰爭而逃亡的人有權得到庇護。asylum
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2mental hospital精神病院ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤insane, lunatic, mental瘋人院;精神病院PREPOSITION➤in an/the asylum在精神病院◇He spent three years in an asylum.他在精神病院待了 3 年。