asylum

[ə'sailəm]

n.收容所, 避难所, 庇护, 精神病院

例句与用法：

He was soon committed to an insane asylum.

不久他就给送进了疯人院。

A church, school, hospital, asylum, or prison is an institution.

教堂，学校，医院，收容所或监狱皆属公共机构。

The people ask for political asylum.

人们请求政治避难。

Here is an asylum for the care of mentally ill or destitute people.

这儿是一家照顾精神病患者和赤贫人员的收容所。

详细释义：

n.

1. 避难; 政治避难权, 庇护权[U]

Belgium granted asylum to the political refugees.

比利时给予政治难民避难权。

2. 避难所, 庇护所[C]

3. 收容所, 救济院; 精神病院[C]

The abandoned children were put into an asylum.

被遗弃的儿童送进了孤儿院。