asylum
US: /əˈsaɪɫəm/
UK: /ɐsˈaɪləm/
UK: /ɐsˈaɪləm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
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
- viện cứu tế
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 (also formal political asylum) [U] 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 + the rights of asylum seekers (= people asking for political asylum) + There was a nationwide debate on whether the asylum laws should be changed.
2 [C] (old use) a hospital where people who were mentally ill could be cared for, often for a long time
Collocation dictionary
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.
Concise English dictionary
asylumsə'saɪləm
noun
+a shelter from danger or hardship
+a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
