1. 1/ˈrefjuːdʒ/避難(所)

    A safe place you go to escape from danger, bad weather, or a difficult situation — you can 'seek refuge' from a storm, from a war, or even just from a stressful day. 'Refuge' can be a real physical place or just the feeling of safety and escape itself.

    示範例句 · Example

    When the storm hit, the hikers took refuge under a rocky ledge.

    逐字當暴風雨襲來時,那些健行者在一塊岩石突出處下方尋得庇護。

    常見搭配

    • take refuge (in/under something)

      躲進某處避難

      to go somewhere to be safe from danger or bad weather

      The birds took refuge in the thick bushes.

    • seek refuge

      尋求庇護

      to try to find a safe place away from danger

      Many people sought refuge in the mountains during the flood.

    • give somebody refuge

      給某人庇護

      to let someone stay in a safe place

      The villagers gave refuge to families whose homes were flooded.

    • a place of refuge

      避難的地方

      a place where people can be safe

      For years this island was a place of refuge for sailors.

    意思相反

    dangerexposure

core核心畫面

組成From Latin "re-" (back) + "fugere" (to flee). So literally, "a place to flee back to."

同家族的字

  • refugeeshares the same Latin root — a refugee is someone who has fled somewhere to find refuge
  • fugitiveshares the Latin root 'fugere,' to flee — a fugitive is someone running away, often from the law

複數 refuges

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

refugenoun/ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ/

  • 1

    A state of safety, protection or shelter.

    • Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge.
  • 2

    A place providing safety, protection or shelter.

    • One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
  • 3

    Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.

    • Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.
  • 4

    An expedient to secure protection or defence.

    • Their latest refuge / Was to send him.
    • This is occaſioned by this, that too too often the Teaching of a Grammar School is the ordinary Refuge that deſperate Perſons as to any other Employment in good Learning betake themſelves to; whilſt but a few know themſelves ſuited with intellectual and moral Abilities, and fewer have that Encouragement, when they undertake it, their Pains deſerve.
  • 5

    A refuge island.

  • 6

    BuddhismlifestylereligionA kind of daily prayer or recitation.

refugeverb/ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ/

  • 1

    To return to a place of shelter.

    • Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.
  • 2

    obsoleteTo shelter; to protect.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。