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今天我们要学的词是asylum. Asylum 是避难的意思。Russia said it would consider political asylum for NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden if requested. 俄罗斯表示，如果将美国秘密监视项目公诸于众的美国前国安局合同工斯诺登提出政治避难申请的话，俄罗斯会考虑接受。Snowden has reportedly said his best hope for asylum is in Iceland, with a "reputation of a champion of Internet freedom." 据说斯诺登曾经表示，冰岛是他申请政治避难的首选国家，因为冰岛以“提倡互联网自由”而著称。好的，今天我们学习的词是 asylum, asylum, asylum...

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n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。