【asylum】 - A-level备考词汇

asylum

UK:  [ə'saɪləm]

US:  [ə'saɪləm]

复数：asylums  

n.

1.庇护所

2.避难所

3.院;疯人院,精神病院;孤儿院

4.(孤儿等的)收容所,养育院

5.渊薮

6.【国际法】庇护(权)

1 . In response, the Supreme Court changed its decision, and said the extradition should proceed unless Mr Apablaza was granted asylum.
作为回应，高等法院改变了决定，并说将执行引渡，除非Apablaza被获准庇护。

2 . And one of our most popular managers, jokes that, this is what he says, "Google is a place where the inmates run the asylum. "
第二就是自治在谷歌有很多自治权我们其中一个最有名的经理开玩笑说他这么说“谷歌是一个囚犯开的避难所。”

3 . Mr. Thompson has said the woman made those statements so she and her daughter would receive asylum in the U. S.
汤普森说，该妇女之所以做出那些陈述是为了自己和女儿能得到美国的政治庇护。

4 . Later, unable to cope with the trauma, the little girl hung herself at a mental asylum she was put in following the incident.
后来，无法应付创伤，小女孩住进了一个精神病院，她在事件发生后提出自杀。

5 . In a separate incident a failed Chinese male asylum seeker made a last minute dash for freedom when he realised he was to be detained.
在另一次单独行动中，一名寻求庇护失败的中国籍男子在意识到自己将被逮捕的最后一刻企图逃脱。