[mass noun](亦作
政治避难
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people seeking asylum in Britain .到英国寻求政治避难的人们。
shelter or protection from danger
避难所;收容所
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asylum for those too ill to care for themselves .重病人看护所。
〈旧〉精神病院
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he'd been committed to an asylum. 他被送进精神病院。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘place of refuge’, especially for criminals): via Latin from Greek