| 释义 |
asylum /a'sailam; a'sailam/ n 1 [U] refuge; safety; protection from persecution, etc: 庇护; 安全; 避难： ask for political ~; 请求政治庇护; [C] place where this is found or given. 庇护所; 避难所。 2 [C] (formerly) institution where mentally ill people were cared for, now called a mental home/hospital/institution. (昔时)疯人院; 精神病院 (现称 mental home, mental hospital 或 mental institution)。 |