asylum

名词 asylum:

1. a shelter from danger or hardship
   同义词：refuge, sanctuary
2. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
   同义词：mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum

1. He was soon committed to an insane asylum.
   不久他就给送进了疯人院。
2. A church, school, hospital, asylum, or prison is an institution.
   教堂，学校，医院，收容所或监狱皆属公共机构。
3. The people ask for political asylum.
   人们请求政治避难。
4. Here is an asylum for the care of mentally ill or destitute people.
   这儿是一家精神病院。

a.sy.lum

n.（名词）
An institution for the care of people, especially those with physical or mental impairments, who require organized supervision or assistance.
收容所，救济院，精神病院：为人们提供帮助的场所，尤指对身体或精神有缺陷的，需要有组织地管理或帮助的人
A place offering protection and safety; a shelter.
避难所：提供保护及安全的场所；庇护所
A place, such as a church, formerly constituting an inviolable refuge for criminals or debtors.
庇护所：以前为罪犯或债务人准备的不可侵犯的地方，如教堂
The protection afforded by a sanctuary.See Synonyms at shelter
庇护：由避难所提供的保护参见 shelter
Protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to a political refugee from another country.
庇护：一国政府对他国政治难民提供的保护和豁免

来源：
Middle English asilum [refuge]
中古英语 asilum [避难所]
from Latin astlum
源自 拉丁语 astlum
from Greek asulon [sanctuary] [from neuter of] asulos [inviolable]
源自 希腊语 asulon [教堂，圣所] [] 源自asulos的中性词 [不可侵犯的]
a- [without] * see a-
a- [没有] *参见 a-
sulon [right of seizure]
sulon [逮捕的权利]