asylums

英 [əˈsaɪləmz]

美 [əˈsaɪləmz]

n.  (政治)庇护，避难; 精神病院
asylum的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （通常指政治）庇护，避难
  If a government gives a person from another countryasylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
  1. 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。
• 精神病院
  Anasylumis a psychiatric hospital.

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