1.[u](政治)庇护,避难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寻求╱申请╱获准政治避难
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。
2.[c]精神病院a hospital where people who were mentally ill could be cared for, often for a long time
Prosper says the concerns of a state have to be balanced against human rights obligations, and protection and asylum needs.
普罗斯珀说,一个国家所处理的事务应当与人权义务及避难保护要有相对的平衡。
His wife's leaving him drove him so mad that he had to be put in an insane asylum for a while.
他妻子的离开使他变得如此发疯,他只好被暂时送往精神病院。
He has no plans for tougher immigration or asylum controls, and is proud that his government made it legal for asylum-seekers to work.
对于移民和收容所管理,他没有更强硬的计划,他为其政府使得庇护寻求者工作合法化而骄傲。
Silas had never been here, but he felt a rising sense of refuge and asylum ashe approached the building on foot.
塞拉斯从未到过那里,然而当他以步代车向那栋房子走去时,他的心中逐渐有种越来强烈的前来寻求避难的感觉。
The Kremlin's leaders do not seem to have offered Mr Bakiyev asylum in Moscow, as they did to his predecessor.
克里姆林宫领袖们似乎也没有向巴基耶夫先生提供位于莫斯科的避难所,而对他的前任却是这样做的。
Officials whisked Ms Deng off to a mental asylum, saying that antidepressant pills found in her bag showed she was psychologically unstable.
地方官员迅速将邓女士转移到一家精神病院,并称在她包里发现的抗忧郁药表示她精神不稳定。
Can you think of anyone outside Arkham Asylum who would apply those terms to the United States at the moment?
此时能否想起疯人院(ArkhamAsylum)外有什么人可以把这些条款运用在美国的吗?
It used to be an insane asylum, and before that it was an orphanage.
被用来当作精神病人的收容所,以前这儿是一所孤儿院。
You said some "asylum seekers" resorted to violent means when trying to intruding into the foreign embassy, could you raise examples?
问:你说有些“寻求避难者”在试图闯入外国使馆时采取了暴力手段,可否举例说明?
The Iraqi government spokesman has accused Britain of trying to deport failed asylum seekers to Iraq without verifying their identities.
伊拉克政府发言人谴责英国未核实身份就将收容未遂的伊拉克人驱逐。
Brazil has, in practice, granted diplomatic asylum to Mr Zelaya (although its foreign ministry said he was just a guest).
事实上,巴西同意给予ManuelZelaya外交庇护(但巴西外交部对外表示说ManuelZelaya只是来做客)。
Leonard: like, uh, like, how the Joker got back at Batman for putting him in the Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane.
就好比蝙蝠侠把疯子罪犯小丑扔进了亚可汗疯人院,事后他不是越狱了吗。
In a separate incident a failed Chinese male asylum seeker made a last minute dash for freedom when he realised he was to be detained.
在另一次单独行动中,一名寻求庇护失败的中国籍男子在意识到自己将被逮捕的最后一刻企图逃脱。
And yet by the time Li got to New York, in 1998, the quanta had taken over the asylum.
可是,李祥林1998年到纽约时,定量金融家统治了华尔街。
Wary of widespread fraud, Mr. Kwong said he had turned down numerous offers from immigration lawyers to be a witness in asylum cases.
邝治中对猖獗的欺诈行为感到担忧,他称自己拒绝了移民律师让他为避难案件作证的大量请求。
Later, unable to cope with the trauma, the little girl hung herself at a mental asylum she was put in following the incident.
后来,无法应付创伤,小女孩住进了一个精神病院,她在事件发生后提出自杀。
In response, the Supreme Court changed its decision, and said the extradition should proceed unless Mr Apablaza was granted asylum.
作为回应,高等法院改变了决定,并说将执行引渡,除非Apablaza被获准庇护。
And one of our most popular managers, jokes that, this is what he says, "Google is a place where the inmates run the asylum. "
第二就是自治在谷歌有很多自治权我们其中一个最有名的经理开玩笑说他这么说“谷歌是一个囚犯开的避难所。”
Mr. Thompson has said the woman made those statements so she and her daughter would receive asylum in the U. S.
汤普森说,该妇女之所以做出那些陈述是为了自己和女儿能得到美国的政治庇护。
The lawyer representing the leading Venezuelan opposition leader Manuel Rosales has said he had formally sought political asylum in Peru.
为委内瑞拉反对派主要领导人ManuelRosales辩护的律师表示已正式申请在秘鲁的政治避难。
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