Word · Frequency #5764
asylums
庇护；避难所
asylums is the plural of asylum.
shelter or protection from danger
- 1.
A place of safety or refuge.
安全或避难的地方。
- 2.
The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
由此类地方提供的物质和法律保护(例如对政治难民)。
精神病院；安全或避难的地方。；由此类地方提供的物质和法律保护(例如对政治难民)。；庇护；收容所；[医] 养育院
In use
The family asked for political asylum after fleeing their country.
Many refugees seek asylum in neighboring countries during the war.
The old castle served as an asylum for travelers caught in the storm.
seek asylum
常与介词 in 连用，表示寻求庇护的地点。
Many refugees seek asylum in neighboring countries.
许多难民在邻国寻求庇护。
grant asylum
被动形式 be granted asylum 也很常见。
The government granted asylum to the political dissident.
政府给予那位政治异见人士庇护。
political asylum
固定搭配，指因政治原因申请的庇护。
Connections
Collocations
- seek asylum
- 寻求庇护
- Many refugees seek asylum in neighboring countries.许多难民在邻国寻求庇护。
- political asylum
- 政治庇护
- The dissident was granted political asylum in the embassy.这名异见人士在使馆获得政治庇护。
- grant asylum
- 给予庇护
- The government granted asylum to the persecuted family.政府给予这个受迫害的家庭庇护。
- asylum seeker
- 寻求庇护者
- Asylum seekers often face a long legal process.寻求庇护者常常面临漫长的法律程序。
- mental asylum
- 精神病院
- The old mental asylum was converted into a museum.那所旧的精神病院被改造成了博物馆。
- asylum process
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想'asylum'中的'sylum'像'收留所'的'收留'拼音首字母，意为庇护所；政治避难的人去那里寻求'asylum'。
Context & Register
正式用语，多用于政治避难或法律保护等语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No genuine rhymes for 'asylum'. Words ending in -ium are visual lookalikes but sound different ('asylum' /əˈsaɪləm/, '-ium' /iəm/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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