asylum
n. (政治)庇护; 精神病院
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.
He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.
1987年他在本国逃脱警察追捕后,就申请了政治庇护。
An asylum is a psychiatric hospital.
1. a shelter from danger or hardship
2. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
A country built by what would now, some would dismiss as asylum seekers or economic migrants.
这是一个由那些现在有些人可能蔑称为避难者或经济移民的人建造的国家.
Her mother, mentally unstable, eventually entered an asylum in 1885.
她的精神不稳定的母亲在1885年最终进了一家精神病院.
One night, three guys were sitting in an asylum.
一天晚上, 在一家精神疗养院里有三个人坐著聊天.
The asylum seekers had to contend with continued bureaucratic obstruction.
寻求政治庇护的人得不断地应付官僚主义的层层阻挠.
There are some differences between refugee and asylum processes.
申请难民身份和政治避难之间存在差别.