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Shelter，Refuge，Cover，Asylum，Sanctuary
庇护所。
🚩shelter通常指“临时的庇护场所，尤其指躲避恶劣天气或者危险”，柯林斯解释为If a place provides shelter, it provides you with a place to stay or live, especially when you need protection from bad weather or danger.。
如：
The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent... 寻求避难的家庭户增加了 17％。
Although horses do not generally mind the cold, shelter from rain and wind is important. 尽管马一般不怕冷，但是一定要有个能遮风挡雨的马棚。
🚩refuge指“逃避暴力，逃离危险的场所，安全地带”，柯林斯解释为A refuge is a place where you go for safety and protection, for example from violence or from bad weather.。
如：
a refuge for battered women为受到暴力侵害的妇女建的避难所
We climbed up a winding track towards a mountain refuge. 我们沿着一条蜿蜒的小道爬向山上的一处避难所。
🚩cover是“隐藏”，它作名词指“通过躲避的方式提供安全保护，一般是藏在树丛、岩石或类似的厚厚的保护层下收到的保护”，柯林斯解释为Cover is trees, rocks, or other places where you shelter from the weather or from an attack, or hide from someone.。它是不可数名词。
如：
Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover. 查尔斯点燃了导火索，他们便赶紧四处躲避。
barren wastes of field with no trees and no cover. 没有树木和其他遮蔽物的荒芜之地
🚩asylum是指“政治庇护，避难”，柯林斯解释为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.。它是不可数名词。
如：
He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.1987年他在本国逃脱警察追捕后，就申请了政治庇护。
🚩sanctuary狭义是指“圣地、圣所”，它可以指“为受逮捕、攻击和威胁的人提供的庇护所”，牛津词典解释为sacred place where somebody is protected from people wishing to arrest or attack him。
如：
The fleeing rebels found a sanctuary in the nearby church. 叛乱后逃跑的人躲入附近教堂寻求庇护。
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