asylums
n. 避难所( asylum的名词复数 ); 庇护; 政治避难; 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.