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asylum n.收容所；避难所；（政治）庇护；精神病院 (1) 这儿是一家照顾精神病患者和赤贫人员的收容所。(2) 我们要给老一代人准备一个避难所。(3) 人们请求政治避难。(4) 不久他就给送进了疯人院。 You may have heard asylum used to describe an institution where insane people are housed, but did you know that an asylum can also be somewhere you’d happily and willingly go? An asylum offers shelter and protection, like the awning of a building in a downpour. Or it could be a country that takes in refugees in danger of persecution — otherwise known as "political asylum."

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英 [ə'saɪləm] 美 [ə'saɪləm] (1) Here is an asylum for the care of mentally ill or destitute people.(2) We'll start an asylum for old-time people.(3) The people ask for political asylum.(4) He was soon committed to an insane asylum. 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. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（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. He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.1987年他在本国逃脱警察追捕后，就申请了政治庇护。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]精神病院 An asylum is a psychiatric hospital.   [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]

英语单词	asylum
英美音标	英 [ə'saɪləm] 美 [ə'saɪləm]
中文释义	n.收容所；避难所；（政治）庇护；精神病院
英语例句	(1) Here is an asylum for the care of mentally ill or destitute people. (2) We'll start an asylum for old-time people. (3) The people ask for political asylum. (4) He was soon committed to an insane asylum.
中文例句	(1) 这儿是一家照顾精神病患者和赤贫人员的收容所。 (2) 我们要给老一代人准备一个避难所。 (3) 人们请求政治避难。 (4) 不久他就给送进了疯人院。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	You may have heard asylum used to describe an institution where insane people are housed, but did you know that an asylum can also be somewhere you’d happily and willingly go? An asylum offers shelter and protection, like the awning of a building in a downpour. Or it could be a country that takes in refugees in danger of persecution — otherwise known as "political asylum."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（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. He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home. 1987年他在本国逃脱警察追捕后，就申请了政治庇护。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]精神病院 An asylum is a psychiatric hospital. [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]

Asylum People Political Insane Government Offers Country 英