| 单词 | refuge |
| 释义 | refuge (refjuːdʒ ) Word forms: refuges 1. uncountable noun If you take refuge somewhere, you try to protect yourself from physical harm by going there. They took refuge in a bomb shelter. His home became a place of refuge for the believers. Synonyms: protection, security, shelter, harbour 2. countable noun A refuge is a place where you go for safety and protection, for example from violence or from bad weather. ...a refuge for women who had experienced domestic abuse. We climbed up a winding track towards a mountain refuge. Synonyms: haven, resort, retreat, harbour 3. uncountable noun If you take refuge in a particular way of behaving or thinking, you try to protect yourself from unhappiness or unpleasantness by behaving or thinking in that way. With these restrictions on childhood it's no wonder kids seek refuge in consumerism. Father Rowan took refuge in silence. Synonyms: solace, relief, comfort Collocations: refuge areas Smart motorways turn the hard shoulder into another lane, with refuge areas up to 1.5 miles apart. Times,Sunday Times Refuge areas are situated up to 1.5 miles apart to allow cars to pull offin an emergency. Times,Sunday Times Emergency refuge areas are also dotted along the smart motorways at intervals. Times,Sunday Times Refuge areas are up to 1.5 miles apart to let cars pull off the road in an emergency. Times,Sunday Times Under the system, emergency refuge areas are built up to 1.5 miles apart to allow vehicles to pull off the road. Times,Sunday Times Even the boat may not offer safe refuge. Times, Sunday Times The melting icesheets in the warming climate did offer some mammoths a safe refuge, however. Times,Sunday Times These tend to be exposed places, and they are usually a long way from a safe refuge. Times, Sunday Times Police said there was 'no safe refuge' should a train rattle past. The Sun As in the 1930s, apathy still provides safe refuge from the uncomfortable. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes she sought refuge in a psychiatric hospital. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But he also sought refuge in history, allegory and myth. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Unless he really means to abandon hope in the 21st century and seek refuge in nostalgia, he is sponsoring an architecture devoid of meaning. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Distraught, terrified and bleeding, they sought refuge in a local school and the emergency services were called. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Will it embrace the new business world or seek refuge in its glorious past? Times, Sunday Times (2010) The pair took refuge in an aircraft hangar out of the line of fire and were joined by dozens of other panic-stricken music fans. The Sun (2017) As well as taking refuge from subzero temperatures, buyers can take advantage of the seasonally slow housing market. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It then took refuge in an abandoned house,' he said. Times, Sunday Times (2011) She took refuge in a shop from where she summoned police to escort her out. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Maybe they came from homes where fathers take refuge from the world's pressures by hiding inside furry animals. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He considered it a temporary refuge, 'just a hole', but it cast some kind of spell. The Times Literary Supplement One shut himself into a 'keep' — a secure room providing temporary refuge until help comes — as the attackers tried to get in. Times, Sunday Times Already, contemporary culture has been creeping about in this coastal resort, finding temporary refuge in little-frequented nooks. Times, Sunday Times The government classes them as 'guests', granting them temporary refuge and rights of access to medical and other care. Times, Sunday Times The protected area will also provide a temporary refuge for migratory species, such as tuna, from exploitation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were lost in the middle of a 5,000-acre wildlife refuge in sub-zero temperatures without food. Times, Sunday Times The 34-year-old amazed staff at a wildlife refuge when she picked up a toothbrush. The Sun And with gardens becoming a nationally valuable wildlife refuge, what's the point of feeding the birds ... to the cats? The Sun Congress has proposed to turn the area into a wildlife refuge. Times, Sunday Times It now exists only in captivity and a wildlife refuge. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 庇护 Japanese: 避難所 |
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