asylum
asylum 英 [əˈsaɪləm] 美 [əˈsaɪləm]
n. 政治庇护
名词复数:asylums
- When someone needs a refuge from a difficult or dangerous situation, they need asylum. If a government offers to protect people who have fled war or hardship in their own country, it gives them asylum.
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- n. 政治庇护
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1. to seek granted asylum
寻求政治避难
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2. 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。
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3. France has agreed to grant him political asylum.
法国已经同意给予他政治庇护。
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4. mental asylum
精神病院
- asylum (n.) early 15c., earlier asile (late 14c.), "place of refuge, sanctuary," from Latin asylum "sanctuary," from Greek asylon "refuge, fenced territory," noun use of neuter of asylos "inviolable, safe from violence," especially of persons seeking protection, from a- "without" (see a- (3)) + syle "right of seizure," which is of unknown etymology.
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