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单词 asylum seeker
释义

asylum seeker

Word forms: plural asylum seekers
countable noun
An asylum seeker is a person who is trying to get asylum in a foreign country.
Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.
Synonyms: refugee, exile, runaway, fugitive More Synonyms of asylum seeker

asylum seeker in British English

noun
a person who, from fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, social group, or political opinion, has crossed an international frontier into a country in which he or she hopes to be granted refugee status

Examples of 'asylum seeker' in a sentence
asylum seeker

Norway received 30,000 asylum seekers last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He would not comment on whether it was right for the target to include refugees and asylum seekers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The quota of asylum seekers for each country would be decided on the basis of their wealth and population.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They were asylum seekers trying to get to Europe.
The Sun (2014)
Today, it is full of volunteers giving mock job interviews to refugees and asylum seekers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I now have a lot more understanding of the situations refugees and asylum seekers are in.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The school takes many pupils who are refugees or asylum seekers, Ofsted said.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

In other languages
asylum seeker

British English: asylum seeker /əˈsaɪləm ˈsiːkə/ NOUN
An asylum seeker is a person who is trying to get asylum in a foreign country.
Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.
  • American English: asylum seeker
  • Arabic: طَالِبٌ لِلـُجُوء
  • Brazilian Portuguese: pessoa que procura asilo em outro país
  • Chinese: 寻求庇护者
  • Croatian: azilant
  • Czech: azylant
  • Danish: asylansøger
  • Dutch: asielzoeker
  • European Spanish: solicitante de asilo
  • Finnish: turvapaikanhakija
  • French: demandeur d’asile
  • German: Asylant
  • Greek: άτομο που ζητά άσυλο
  • Italian: richiedente asilo politico
  • Japanese: 亡命者
  • Korean: 망명자
  • Norwegian: asylsøker
  • Polish: osoba starająca się o azyl
  • European Portuguese: pessoa que procura asilo noutro país
  • Romanian: azilant
  • Russian: ищущий убежища
  • Latin American Spanish: solicitante de asilo
  • Swedish: asylsökande
  • Thai: ผู้แสวงหาที่ลี้ภัย
  • Turkish: sığınmacı
  • Ukrainian: шукач притулку
  • Vietnamese: người truy tìm người ẩn náu

Chinese translation of 'asylum seeker'

asylum seeker

(-siːkəʳ)

n (c)

  1. 寻(尋)求避难(難)的人 (xúnqiú bìnànde rén) (位, wèi)
(noun) 
an asylum seeker swam ashore in a bid to enter the country
Synonyms
refugee
an application for refugee status
exile
the release of all political prisoners and the return of exiles
runaway
a teenage runaway
fugitive
He was a fugitive from justice.
escapee
An escapee from Sydney's Long Bay Jail was recaptured today.
émigré
displaced person

Additional synonyms

in the sense of escapee
Definition
a person who has escaped from prison
An escapee from Sydney's Long Bay Jail was recaptured today.
Synonyms
runaway,
escaper,
refugee,
fugitive,
deserter,
truant,
absconder
in the sense of exile
Definition
a person banished or living away from his or her country
the release of all political prisoners and the return of exiles
Synonyms
expatriate,
refugee,
outcast,
émigré,
deportee
in the sense of fugitive
Definition
a person who flees, esp. from arrest or pursuit
He was a fugitive from justice.
Synonyms
runaway,
refugee,
deserter,
outlaw,
escapee,
runagate (archaic)

Nearby words of
asylum seeker

  • astuteness
  • asunder
  • asylum
  • asylum seeker
  • asymmetrical
  • at a disadvantage
  • at a gallop

Synonyms of 'asylum seeker'

asylum seeker

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