- 词义辨析
asylum, shelter
这组词都有“能躲避威胁或打扰的安全地方或状态”的意思。它们的区别是:
asylum特指为躲避抓捕或掠劫的人提供庇护的避难所。shelter常指可以暂时受到保护、可防止有害的人或物侵犯的躲避处。
- 速记技巧
词源记忆法
在古代西方,神庙、教堂等宗教场所被看作是非常神圣的地方,是神祗所在之处。在这些场所杀人或抓人将被看作是对神的大不敬。因此,罪犯、逃亡者进入神庙或教堂后就获得了神的庇护,世俗的司法机构不得进入这些场所执法。在政治斗争或战争中失败的一方也可以躲进教堂寻求庇护。英语单词asylum(庇护)最初就是表示这种宗教场所提供的庇护。它来自希腊语asylon,由否定前缀a+sylon(逮捕权)构成,字面意思就是“无权逮捕”。18世纪中期后,asylum开始用来表示“精神病院”,也许是因为人们将精神病院看作是精神病患者的庇护和救济所。
- 近义词
- madhousen.精神病院,极为吵闹的场所;疯人院;
- celln.细胞;牢房;基层组织;小隔室;电池;
- refugen.庇护;避难;避难所;庇护者;慰藉;收容所
- dwellingn.住处,处所;寓所;居住;
- safe haven安全港;容许幅度标准;
- protectionn.保护;保护物;保险;保护法;贸易保护;保护费;
- mental home精神病院;
- institutionn. (大学、银行等规模大的)机构;惯例,制度,规定,建立;社会事业机构;<口>名人,名物;
- sanctuaryn.避难所;庇护所;圣所;庇护;
- havenn.港口,安全地方;避难所,安息所;
- psychiatric hospital精神病院;
- homen.家;家庭;家庭生活;终点;
- retreatvi.撤退,后退;撤销,作罢;(眼睛等)凹进;[航]向后倾斜;
- harborn.海港;海湾;避难所;躲藏处;
- fortressn.堡垒,要塞;
- nestn.巢;安乐窝;窝点;一套物件;
- safetyn.安全(性);安全场所;中卫;
- insane asylum疯人院;
- mental institution精神病院(等于mental asylum);
- sheltern.遮蔽(物),庇护(处);居所;收容所;
- mental hospitaln.精神病院;
- harbourn.(海)港;港口;
- safe housen.安全藏身处,(间谍、恐怖分子的)藏身房,安全房;
- 知识拓展
词组短语
political asylum政治庇护,政治避难;insane asylum精神病院
- 双语例句 更多例句
The most famous dissident in that Central American country has fled and is seeking political asylum.
那个中美洲国家最著名的异议人士已逃出该国寻找政治庇护了.
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We are currently receiving around 6,000 new asylum seekers every month.
我们目前每个月接纳大约6000个新的寻求避难的人.
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The asylum case has proceeded through court challenges and appeals since then.
难民申请已经经过法庭的审核,从那时开始他们一直在上诉.
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The Convention set down rules for deciding which country should deal with an asylum request.
会议制定了用以确定由哪个国家负责受理避难请求的规约。
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Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.
寻求避难者中有不到7%的人被视作政治难民。
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Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed.
德国的收容法是欧洲历史上一个已逝去时期的遗留产物。
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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.
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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。
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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.
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Fewer than 10 percent of applicants are granted political asylum by German courts.
申请政治庇护者中,只有不到10%获得了德国法庭批准。
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It was rumoured that he had been interned in an asylum for a while.
据说他曾在一家精神病院关过一段时间。
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There was a nationwide debate on whether the asylum laws should be changed.
对是否应该修改政治避难法展开了一场全国性的大辩论。
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The government was attacked for failing to give the returned migrants a chance to seek asylum.
政府由于没有给遣返的移民充分的机会去寻找庇护而受到攻击.
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Nine Albanians have crossed the border into Greece and asked for political asylum.
9名阿尔巴尼亚人穿过边境进入希腊境内并寻求政治避难。
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Spain has recalled its Ambassador after a row over refugees seeking asylum at the embassy.
在对难民到使馆寻求庇护一事产生严重分歧后,西班牙召回了其大使。
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The Home Office said at that time that it was minded to reject his application for political asylum.
那时候内政部称其准备驳回他的政治避难申请。
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Similarly, anyone who comes here as an asylum seeker, student or tourist cannot be prosecuted.
同样, 到英国来寻求政治避难 、 求学或者旅游的人也不用担心被起诉.
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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.
《简明英汉词典》
Detainees are angry aboutin time it is taking for their asylum claims to be dealt with.
被拘留者们对此时拘留他们感到气愤,因为他们认为受理他们的庇护请求是理所当然的.
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Having sought asylum in the West for many years, they were eventually granted it.
他们获得了在西方以寻求多年的避难权.
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- 相关词组
- mental asylum精神病院;
- political asylumn.政治避难;政治庇护;
- right of asylum避难权;
- orphan asylum[法] 孤儿院;
- 今日热词
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- god n.上帝,造物主;被极度崇敬的人[物];男神;戏院顶层楼座观众;
- sleeve n.[机]套筒,套管;袖子,袖套;唱片套;
- bookshop n.书店;
- croma n.克罗玛;科罗马;三坐标;克罗马;柯罗马;八分音符
- general n.将军;(陆军、海军陆战队或美国空军)上将adj.一般的;总的;普遍的;大致的,大概的(方向或地区);常规的;大体的;整体的;正常的;全体的;首席的;笼统的;概括性的;非专门的
- slavery n.奴隶身份;奴隶制度;苦役,奴隶般的劳动;奴役,束缚,屈从,耽迷(酒色等);
- tasteless adj.不可口的;俗气的;粗俗的;
- accurate adj. 精确的;准确的(掷、射、击等);正确无误的
- handkerchief n.手帕;方巾,围巾;
- October n. 十月;
- lumia n.灯光艺术;
- NTFS abbr.新技术档案系统(微软公司)(New Technology File System);新型战术预报系统(New Tactical Forecast System);NT File System;Windows NT以上版本支持的一种文件系统;

