词源记忆法
在古代西方,神庙、教堂等宗教场所被看作是非常神圣的地方,是神祗所在之处。在这些场所杀人或抓人将被看作是对神的大不敬。因此,罪犯、逃亡者进入神庙或教堂后就获得了神的庇护,世俗的司法机构不得进入这些场所执法。在政治斗争或战争中失败的一方也可以躲进教堂寻求庇护。英语单词asylum(庇护)最初就是表示这种宗教场所提供的庇护。它来自希腊语asylon,由否定前缀a+sylon(逮捕权)构成,字面意思就是“无权逮捕”。18世纪中期后,asylum开始用来表示“精神病院”,也许是因为人们将精神病院看作是精神病患者的庇护和救济所。
词组短语
political asylum政治庇护,政治避难;insane asylum精神病院
Having sought asylum in the West for many years, they were eventually granted it.
他们获得了在西方以寻求多年的避难权.
来源:《简明英汉词典》I want immunity from prosecution, asylum in the U.S. and citizenship.
我想要免予起诉, 美国的政治避难和公民权.
来源:——电影对白Her mother, mentally unstable, eventually entered an asylum in 1885.
她的精神不稳定的母亲在1885年最终进了一家精神病院.
来源:网络期刊摘选The government was attacked for failing to give the returned migrants a chance to seek asylum.
政府由于没有给遣返的移民充分的机会去寻找庇护而受到攻击.
来源:网络期刊摘选We are currently receiving around 6,000 new asylum seekers every month.
我们目前每个月接纳大约6000个新的寻求避难的人.
来源:网络期刊摘选A country built by what would now, some would dismiss as asylum seekers or economic migrants.
这是一个由那些现在有些人可能蔑称为避难者或经济移民的人建造的国家.
来源:网络期刊摘选Nine Albanians have crossed the border into Greece and asked for political asylum.
9名阿尔巴尼亚人穿过边境进入希腊境内并寻求政治避难。
来源:柯林斯词典例句库The Home Office said at that time that it was minded to reject his application for political asylum.
那时候内政部称其准备驳回他的政治避难申请。
来源:柯林斯词典例句库The asylum case has proceeded through court challenges and appeals since then.
难民申请已经经过法庭的审核,从那时开始他们一直在上诉.
来源:网络期刊摘选The Convention set down rules for deciding which country should deal with an asylum request.
会议制定了用以确定由哪个国家负责受理避难请求的规约。
来源:柯林斯词典例句库Detainees are angry aboutin time it is taking for their asylum claims to be dealt with.
被拘留者们对此时拘留他们感到气愤,因为他们认为受理他们的庇护请求是理所当然的.
来源:互联网He was committed asylum and after years, he went completely insane.
他被送进精神病院关了若干年后, 变得极度疯狂.
来源:网络期刊摘选The most famous dissident in that Central American country has fled and is seeking political asylum.
那个中美洲国家最著名的异议人士已逃出该国寻找政治庇护了.
来源:网络期刊摘选Similarly, anyone who comes here as an asylum seeker, student or tourist cannot be prosecuted.
同样, 到英国来寻求政治避难 、 求学或者旅游的人也不用担心被起诉.
来源:网络期刊摘选The asylum seekers had to contend with continued bureaucratic obstruction.
寻求政治庇护的人得不断地应付官僚主义的层层阻挠.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Spain has recalled its Ambassador after a row over refugees seeking asylum at the embassy.
在对难民到使馆寻求庇护一事产生严重分歧后,西班牙召回了其大使。
来源:柯林斯词典例句库Fewer than 10 percent of applicants are granted political asylum by German courts.
申请政治庇护者中,只有不到10%获得了德国法庭批准。
来源:柯林斯词典例句库There was a nationwide debate on whether the asylum laws should be changed.
对是否应该修改政治避难法展开了一场全国性的大辩论。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.
寻求避难者中有不到7%的人被视作政治难民。
来源:柯林斯词典例句库Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed.
德国的收容法是欧洲历史上一个已逝去时期的遗留产物。
来源:柯林斯词典例句库He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.
1987年他在本国逃脱警察追捕后,就申请了政治庇护。
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