asylum
noun /əˈsaɪləm/
/əˈsaɪləm/
- (also formal political asylum)[uncountable] protection that a government gives to people who have left their own country, usually because they were in danger for political reasons
(政治)庇护,避难 - to seek/apply for/be granted asylum
寻求/申请/获准政治避难 - There was a nationwide debate on whether the asylum laws should be changed.
对是否应该修改政治避难法展开了一场全国性的大辩论。
Topics Social issuesc1- She fled the country, and is now seeking asylum in Sweden.
她逃离了该国,目前正在瑞典寻求庇护。 - They applied for asylum after being tortured in their own country.
他们在自己的国家遭受酷刑后申请庇护。 - She was granted political asylum by Canada in 2013.
她于2013年获得加拿大的政治庇护。 - Over 400 people have been refused asylum.
400 多人没有获准政治避难。 - Those fleeing from the war have the right to asylum.
因战争而逃亡的人有权得到庇护。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- political
- temporary
- apply for
- claim
- request
- …
- seeker
- application
- case
- …
- an application for asylum
- the right of asylum
- the right to asylum
- …
- to seek/apply for/be granted asylum
- [countable] (old use) a hospital where people who were mentally ill could be cared for, often for a long time
精神病院 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- insane
- lunatic
- mental
- …
- in an/the asylum
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘place of refuge’, especially for criminals): via Latin from Greek asulon ‘refuge’, from asulos ‘inviolable’, from a- ‘without’ + sulon ‘right of seizure’. Current senses date from the 18th cent.