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【英语词汇】
这三个名词都可表示“避难”、“庇护”; 也可表示避难、庇护的地方。 refuge 普通用词，可指遇到危险、灾难、不幸、麻烦等情况时寻求避难和庇护， 1）As the buildings rocked under heavy shellfire, he took refuge in the cellars. 当一座座楼房在猛烈的炮火中颤动摇晃时，他躲进了地下室避难。 2）These people are seeking refuge from persecution. 这些受到迫害的人正在寻求庇护。 3）Four people who sought refuge in the Italian embassy have left voluntarily. 4名在意大利大使馆寻求避难的人已经自愿离开了。 4）More than 30,000 people are reported to have died and nearly 400,000 据报道, 有30000多人死亡, 将近400000名平民在埃塞俄比亚边境寻求避难。 5）They have found comfort under calamity, and refuge and hope in affliction. 他们在不幸中找到了安慰，在苦难中找到了庇护和希望。 6）All too often, they get bored, and seek refuge in drink and drugs. 太多的时候，他们觉得无聊就在酒精和毒品中寻求慰藉。 ● 也可指避难避难、庇护的地方。 1）The climbers slept in a mountain refuge. 这些登山者在山上一个可以避风挡雨的地方睡下了。 2）She had fled from her violent husband to a women's refuge in Chelmsford. 她从她残暴的丈夫身边逃离，躲进了切姆斯福德的一家妇女庇护所。 asylum 多指政府给予外国人的政治避难和庇护（protection that a government gives to people who have left their own country, usually because they 1）Nine Albanians have crossed the border into Greece and asked for political 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。 2）France had agreed to his request for political asylum. 法国已经同意了他寻求政治庇护的请求。 3）There are some differences between refugee and asylum processes. 申请难民身份和政治避难之间存在差别。 4）If asylum is not granted and they are not given refugee status, they may be deported. 如果庇护没有获准他们就没有难民身份, 他们可能被驱逐出境。 ● asylum 常用于指“所收容”或 “疯人院”、“孤儿院”。
1）Here is an asylum for the care of mentally ill or destitute people. 这儿是一家照顾精神病患者和赤贫人员的收容所。 2）Miss Diana gave away all her castoffs to the little girls in the orphan asylum. 戴安娜小姐把她所有穿旧不用的衣服送给了孤儿院的小女孩。 3）Robert lost his mind and was committed to an insane asylum. 罗伯特神经错乱，给送进了疯人院。 4）Nobody here knows that I was brought up in an asylum. 这里没人知道我在孤儿院长大。 5）He was committed to a private asylum, where he remained until his death. 他被一个私人收容所收容，并最终在那里度过了余生。 sanctuary 多指在教堂、寺庙等圣所的避难、庇护。也可指寻求清静、放松和 1) Illegal immigrants found/sought/took sanctuary in a local church. 非法移民把当地的一座教堂当作避难所。 2) Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes. 大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。 3）The flee rebels find a sanctuary in the nearby church. 叛乱后逃跑的人躲入附近教堂寻求庇护。 4）The church is generally considered as a sanctuary in many countries. 在许多西方国家，教堂通常被视作可避难的地方。 5）If I want some peace and quiet, I take sanctuary in my study. 如果想清静一会儿，我就躲进自己的书房。 6）Your home should be your sanctuary, a place where, at the end of the day, you can relax and unwind. 家应当是你的庇护所，是一个在一天的结束的时候可以让你休息和放松的地方。 7）When you find yourself drained and out of energy, remember to find a place of sanctuary and rest. 当你觉得精疲力尽的时候，记住房找个地方，稍作休息。 ● 常指 (教堂、寺庙等提供的) 避难所，庇护所 1）His church became a sanctuary for thousands of people who fled the civil war. 他的教堂成为成千上万逃离内战的人们的避难所。 2）There was a sanctuary of refugees behind the hospital. 医院后面有一个难民的避难所。 ● 也可指禁猎区、野生动物／鸟类保护区 1）This island is maintained as a sanctuary for endangered species. 那个岛继续作为濒危物种的保护区。 2）The Mara is Kenya's most famous and finest game sanctuary. 马拉地区是肯尼亚境内最著名、最壮观的野生动物活动场所。 3）His garden was his pride and joy and became a sanctuary for birds. 他的花园是他的得意之作，并成为了鸟儿的庇护所。 |
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