asylum

asilo

Protezione che consente di restare al sicuro in un paese o luogo quando andarsene sarebbe pericoloso.

In inglese semplice: Protection allowing someone to stay safely in a country or place when leaving would put them in danger.

• She applied for asylum.
• The government granted asylum to several refugees.
• He sought asylum after receiving threats in his home country.

Come si usa: grant asylum to someone (The country granted asylum to the journalist.); seek asylum in a place (They sought asylum in a neighbouring country.)

Sinonimi: refuge, sanctuary

Espressioni comuni: seek asylum, political asylum, grant asylum

manicomio

Nome usato in passato per un ospedale dove vivevano e ricevevano cure persone con malattie mentali.

In inglese semplice: An old word for a hospital where people with mental illnesses lived and received care.

• The old asylum is now a museum.
• She was sent to an asylum in 1890.
• The book describes conditions in nineteenth-century asylums.

Sinonimi: psychiatric hospital, mental hospital

Espressioni comuni: mental asylum, old asylum, asylum patients