sanctuary

sanctuary
(pl. -ies)
  1. a place of refuge or safety
    避难所，庇护所
    people automatically sought a sanctuary in time of trouble.
    人有麻烦时自然会寻找避难所。
    [mass noun]his sonstook sanctuary in the church.
    他的儿子在教堂里避难。
    ■[mass noun]immunity from arrest
    避难，庇护
    he has been given sanctuary in the US Embassy in Beijing.
    他在北京的美国大使馆得到了庇护。
  2. [usu. with modifier]a nature reserve
    自然保护区；禁猎区
    a bird sanctuary.
    鸟类禁猎区。
    ■a place where injured or unwanted animals of a specified kind are cared for
    （某种受伤或遗弃动物的）收养所，养护区
    a donkey sanctuary.
    驴收养所。
  3. a holy place; a temple
    圣所；教堂；寺院
    ■the inmost recess or holiest part of a temple
    （教堂或寺院的）最深处；最神圣处
    ■the part of the chancel of a church containing the high altar
    （教堂内的）主圣坛
语源
  1. Middle English (in sense 3): from Old French sanctuaire, from Latin sanctuarium, from sanctus 'holy'. The early sense ‘a church or other sacred place where a fugitive was immune, by the law of the medieval Church, from arrest, gave rise to senses 1 and 2
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