asylum /əˈsaɪləm/ CET6+ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons. (给予通常因政治原因不能回国的人的) 避难许可

  例：

  He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.

  他于1987年逃脱本国的警察之后申请了避难许可。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT An asylum is a psychiatric hospital. 精神病院 [老式]