asylum

asylum /ə'sailəm/
  • danh từ
    • viện cứu tế
      • orphan asylum: viện cứu tế trẻ mồ côi
      • asylum for the aged: viện an dưỡng cho người già
    • nhà thương điên, bệnh viện tinh thần kinh ((cũng) clunatic asylum)
    • nơi trú ẩn, nơi ẩn náu; nơi nương náu
      • to offord asylum to someone: cho ai nương náu

 bệnh viện tâm thần
 bệnh viện thần kinh

orphan asylum
 nhà trẻ mồ côi

Xem thêm: refuge, sanctuary, mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum



asylum

Từ điển Collocation

asylum noun

1 protection given by a government

ADJ. temporary | political

VERB + ASYLUM apply for, claim, request, seek She fled the country, and is now seeking asylum in Sweden. | give sb, grant sb, offer sb, provide (sb with) | get, receive | deny sb, refuse sb Over 400 people have been refused asylum.

ASYLUM + NOUN seeker bogus/genuine asylum seekers | application, claim

PHRASES an application for asylum, the right to asylum Those fleeing from the war have the right to asylum.

2 mental hospital

ADJ. lunatic, mental

PREP. in ~ He spent three years in an asylum.


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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

asylums
syn.: home institution madhouse refuge shelter