asylum

noun

/əˈsaɪləm/

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(also formal political asylum)
[uncountable] protection that a government gives to people who have left their own country, usually because they were in danger for political reasons
- to seek/apply for/be granted asylum
- There was a nationwide debate on whether the asylum laws should be changed.
Extra Examples
- She fled the country, and is now seeking asylum in Sweden.
- They applied for asylum after being tortured in their own country.
- She was granted political asylum by Canada in 2013.
- Over 400 people have been refused asylum.
- Those fleeing from the war have the right to asylum.
Topics Social issuesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- political
- temporary
verb + asylum
- apply for
- claim
- request
- …
asylum + noun
- seeker
- application
- case
- …
phrases
- an application for asylum
- the right of asylum
- the right to asylum
- …
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[countable] (old use) a hospital where people who were mentally ill could be cared for, often for a long time
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- insane
- lunatic
- mental
- …
preposition
- in an/the asylum
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘place of refuge’, especially for criminals): via Latin from Greek asulon ‘refuge’, from asulos ‘inviolable’, from a- ‘without’ + sulon ‘right of seizure’. Current senses date from the 18th cent.

单词	asylum
释义	asylum noun /əˈsaɪləm/ /əˈsaɪləm/ jump to other results (also formal political asylum) [uncountable] protection that a government gives to people who have left their own country, usually because they were in danger for political reasons to seek/apply for/be granted asylum There was a nationwide debate on whether the asylum laws should be changed. Extra Examples She fled the country, and is now seeking asylum in Sweden. They applied for asylum after being tortured in their own country. She was granted political asylum by Canada in 2013. Over 400 people have been refused asylum. Those fleeing from the war have the right to asylum. Topics Social issuesc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective political temporary verb + asylum apply for claim request … asylum + noun seeker application case … phrases an application for asylum the right of asylum the right to asylum … See full entry [countable] (old use) a hospital where people who were mentally ill could be cared for, often for a long time Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective insane lunatic mental … preposition in an/the asylum See full entry Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘place of refuge’, especially for criminals): via Latin from Greek asulon ‘refuge’, from asulos ‘inviolable’, from a- ‘without’ + sulon ‘right of seizure’. Current senses date from the 18th cent.
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