- (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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1She 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- political
- temporary
- apply for
- claim
- request
- …
- seeker
- application
- case
- …
- an application for asylum
- the right of asylum
- the right to 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 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- insane
- lunatic
- mental
- …
- in an/the asylum
Word Originlate 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.