英 [əˈsaɪləm] 美 [əˈsaɪləm]
n. 政治避难，政治庇护；<旧>精神病院
复数asylums
asylum /əˈsaɪləm/ CET6+ TEM8
不可数名词 If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons. (给予通常因政治原因不能回国的人的) 避难许可
He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.
他于1987年逃脱本国的警察之后申请了避难许可。
可数名词 An asylum is a psychiatric hospital. 精神病院
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
同义词： mental hospital / psychiatric hospital / mental institution / institution / mental home / insane asylum
疯人院-引用次数：5
But first of all, in 3.1, the present writer attempts to give an explanation of the nature of the asylum.
在3．1中，笔者对疯人院的本质给以分析。
参考来源颠覆与抑制
庇护-引用次数：16
Nonetheless, council directive of reception of asylum seekers make them possible enter into labor market of member states.
同时,依据接待待遇指令,庇护申请者可以进入欧盟成员国劳动力市场和接受职业培训。
参考来源欧盟国际移民法律制度研究
避难
收容所
庇护
祈福里面（或是附近）有没有临时的避难所（ASYLUM）？国外有许多给无家可归的人提供衣食住行的慈善机构（有的单提供食物，有的单提供住处），如果祈福里面也有的话，可以先把女孩送...
... Assyrian a. 亚述人的; n. 亚述人 asylum n. 庇护,收容所 Athenian a. 雅典(人)的; n. 雅典人 ...
... astronomy n.天文学 asylumn.避难所；疯人院；避难 athlete n.运动员；体育家 ...
求万能的抽友：克里斯蒂娜里奇1999年自导自演的电影《收容所》(Asylum)，嘿嘿嘿。。
He claimed political asylum.
他要求政治避难。
Only genuine refugees can apply for asylum.
只有真正的难民才能申请政治避难。
France has agreed to grant him political asylum.
法国已经同意给予他政治庇护。
There are also green card qualifiers for some non-citizens who invest in America, for refugees and asylum seekers.
VOA : special.2011.05.20
So imagine that there's right now somebody in an insane asylum in Michigan who's got the thought,I am Napoleon.
因此想像一下，现在有个家伙,在密西根一家精神病院，认为自己就是拿破仑。
死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
and it basically fights for the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers
基本上，它是为了难民和寻求政治庇护人士的人权而斗争的，
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 创造美丽的世界
The Cuban-born musician received political asylum in the United States in nineteen ninety.
VOA : special.2010.09.13
More than 40 boats carrying refugees seeking asylum in Australia have been intercepted this year, a sharp increase from previous years.
VOA : standard.2009.10.27
And many of them came over to the United States as an asylum for political refugees.
First, is he interested in asylum and would he be interested in coming to Jordan?
Unless the animals are properly supported, Chimp Haven may well turn out to be Chimp Asylum.