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（通常指政治）庇護(hù)，避難
If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
例句
He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.
1987年他在本國(guó)逃脫警察追捕后，就申請(qǐng)了政治庇護(hù)。