新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

refuge

英  [ˈrefjuːdʒ]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • refuges

    1[U 不可数名词] 避难

    If you take refuge somewhere, you try to protect yourself from physical harm by going there.

    双语例句

    例:

    They took refuge in a bomb shelter.

    他们在一个防空洞里避难。

    2[C 可数名词] 避难所 , 收容所

    A refuge is a place where you go for safety and protection, for example from violence or from bad weather.

    近义词

    shelter

    双语例句

    例:

    Eventually Suzanne fled to a refuge for battered women.

    最后苏珊娜逃到了一家受虐妇女收容所。

    3[U 不可数名词] 庇护

    If you take refuge in a particular way of behaving or thinking, you try to protect yourself from unhappiness or unpleasantness by behaving or thinking in that way.

    双语例句

    例:

    All too often, they get bored and seek refuge in drink and drugs.

    大多数时候,他们因感到厌倦而在酒精和毒品中寻求慰藉。