名詞 asylum:

1. a shelter from danger or hardship
   同義詞：refuge, sanctuary
2. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
   同義詞：mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum

1. He was soon committed to an insane asylum.
   不久他就給送進了瘋人院。
2. A church, school, hospital, asylum, or prison is an institution.
   教堂，學校，醫(yī)院，收容所或監(jiān)獄皆屬公共機構。
3. The people ask for political asylum.
   人們請求政治避難。
4. Here is an asylum for the care of mentally ill or destitute people.
   這兒是一家精神病院。

a.sy.lum

n.（名詞）
An institution for the care of people, especially those with physical or mental impairments, who require organized supervision or assistance.
收容所，救濟院，精神病院：為人們提供幫助的場所，尤指對身體或精神有缺陷的，需要有組織地管理或幫助的人
A place offering protection and safety; a shelter.
避難所：提供保護及安全的場所；庇護所
A place, such as a church, formerly constituting an inviolable refuge for criminals or debtors.
庇護所：以前為罪犯或債務人準備的不可侵犯的地方，如教堂
The protection afforded by a sanctuary.See Synonyms at shelter
庇護：由避難所提供的保護參見 shelter
Protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to a political refugee from another country.
庇護：一國政府對他國政治難民提供的保護和豁免

來源：
Middle English asilum [refuge]
中古英語 asilum [避難所]
from Latin astlum
源自 拉丁語 astlum
from Greek asulon [sanctuary] [from neuter of] asulos [inviolable]
源自 希臘語 asulon [教堂，圣所] [] 源自asulos的中性詞 [不可侵犯的]
a- [without] * see a-
a- [沒有] *參見 a-
sulon [right of seizure]
sulon [逮捕的權利]