Asylum
[ə'saɪləm]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
(n.) Any place of retreat and security.
(n.) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
手打:撒迪厄斯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Sanctuary, shelter, retreat, refuge, place of refuge.[2]. Charitable institution.
手打:威尔
解釋/意思:
n. a place of refuge for debtors and for such as were accused of some crime: an institution for the care or relief of the unfortunate such as the blind or insane: any place of refuge or protection.
錄入:泽维尔
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of an asylum, denotes sickness and unlucky dealings, which cannot be overcome without great mental struggle.
伊莱錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Unable to rest or sleep, she quitted her asylum early, that she might again endeavour to find my brother. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- He was the owner of the Lunatic Asylum. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Why, this is a private asylum! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The next day she proceeded to the Asylum, which was situated not far from London on the northern side of the metropolis. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- And issuing from my asylum with precaution, I sought a back-stairs which conducted directly to the kitchen. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- That evening (the evening of the 27th) Madame Rubelle and I took our revived Anne Catherick to the Asylum. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- YOU don't think I ought to be back in the Asylum, do you? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Is there no doubt in your mind that the person who confined her in the Asylum was Sir Percival Glyde? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I met her on the night when she escaped from the Asylum, and I assisted her in reaching a place of safety. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- V She has escaped from my Asylum! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The motive of your shutting up the daughter in the asylum is now plain enough to me, but the manner of her escape is not quite so clear. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The honeymoon over, I learned my mistake; she was only mad, and shut up in a lunatic asylum. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Does Miss Halcombe assert her supposed sister's identity to the owner of the Asylum, and take legal means for rescuing her? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She has escaped from my Asylum. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Political troubles in France, at last, led the family again to seek an asylum in this country. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
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