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lunatic asylum

疯人院,精神病院,庇护所,疯子院

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : another name, usually regarded as offensive, for mental home

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Examples

  • 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.

  • Fine, but there are lunatic sums of money being spent on art, surely?

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

  • It could also be true that she really was an insufferable lunatic afraid of catching Ebola from the plebeians.

  • Unfortunately, as you say, I was present, and I tell you that our friend Barbiche behaved like a lunatic.

  • 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.