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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

asylum

/uh-sahy-luhm/US // əˈsaɪ ləm //UK // (əˈsaɪləm) //

庇护所,避难所,庇护,庇护权

Related Words

shelter庇护所,避难所,遮蔽处,遮蔽物sanctuary避难所,庇护所,圣地,圣所haven庇护所,庇护区,庇护站refuge庇护所,难民,庇护所内,庇护处mental hospital精神病院,精神病医院,精神医院preserve维护,保存,保全,保护hideaway隐居地,隐蔽处,隐居,隐蔽的地方harbor港湾,庇佑,港,港湾式cover覆盖,掩护,报道,涵盖port港口,港,端口,港湾safety安全,安全性,安全问题,安全性方面den穴位,窝点,巢穴,书店hole洞,洞口,窟窿,洞洞hideout藏身之所,藏身处,藏身之处,隐蔽处security安全,安全性,安全问题,保安retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关institution机构,制度,体制madhouse疯人院,精神病院,疯屋,疯子屋sanatorium疗养院,庇护所,疗养所,监狱ivory tower象牙塔,像牙塔,常春藤塔,常春藤塔楼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance.
    • : an inviolable refuge, as formerly for criminals and debtors; sanctuary: He sought asylum in the church.
    • : International Law. a refuge granted an alien by a sovereign state on its own territory.a temporary refuge granted political offenders, especially in a foreign embassy.
    • : any secure retreat.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounrefuge
Synonyms
haven庇护所,庇护区,庇护站refuge庇护所,难民,庇护所内,庇护处sanctuary避难所,庇护所,圣地,圣所shelter庇护所,避难所,遮蔽处,遮蔽物cover覆盖,掩护,报道,涵盖den穴位,窝点,巢穴,书店harbor港湾,庇佑,港,港湾式hideaway隐居地,隐蔽处,隐居,隐蔽的地方hideout藏身之所,藏身处,藏身之处,隐蔽处hole洞,洞口,窟窿,洞洞port港口,港,端口,港湾preserve维护,保存,保全,保护retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关safety安全,安全性,安全问题,安全性方面security安全,安全性,安全问题,保安ivory tower象牙塔,像牙塔,常春藤塔,常春藤塔楼safe house安全屋,安全之家,安全房,安全的房子
nounpsychiatric hospital
Synonyms
mental hospital精神病院,精神病医院,精神医院mental institution精神病院,精神病医院,神经病院,精神机构institution机构,制度,体制madhouse疯人院,精神病院,疯屋,疯子屋sanatorium疗养院,庇护所,疗养所,监狱loony bin疯人院,疯子仓,疯人院里,疯人院里的人

Examples

  • Cuccinelli allegedly felt the reports were written solely to push back on the president’s asylum policy.

  • The agreements require that migrants who travel from other countries through Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to reach the US-Mexico border must first apply for asylum in one of those three countries, before applying for asylum in the US.

  • It includes an explanation about how incomplete, inconsistent and erroneous asylum data is and an interactive so you can see what it’s like to go through the asylum process yourself.

  • Be sure to check out this deep dive into how asylum works and all the problems riddling the asylum system from the Union-Tribune.

  • This includes a travel ban on 31 countries, the end of asylum at the southern border, and the suspension of immigration for many family- and employment-based categories as well as four temporary-worker programs.

  • Shakur was on the run for five years after her prison break before managing to reach Cuba, where she was granted asylum in 1984.

  • In 1996, Bourjerdi was granted political asylum and went to Australia as a refugee.

  • This is because the only location that debate could take place would be in an asylum.

  • The report explains that there are two stages asylum-seekers must go through when apprehended at the border.

  • It was unpleasant and discombobulating: a simulation of hostage-taking, mental asylum and demented dreamscape all rolled into one.

  • Foreign families of neutral nationality sought more tranquil asylum far beyond the suburbs or on ships lying in the harbour.

  • Lofty trees cast their gigantic shadows along the ground, and promised a secure asylum to peaceful meditation.

  • In this city he encountered his former ranking officer, shorn of all his possessions, and just emerging from an insane asylum.

  • If you were in San Francisco you might find some of the attendants in the asylum, who could give you the information you desire.

  • He was healed at Heilsberg, then locked up in an insane asylum at Stuttgart.

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