sanctuary
n 圣地，避难所（sanct+uary表示场所，如：mortu-ary太平间）
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◙ (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 sons took 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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