sanctuary

英 ['s??(k)tj??r?] 美['s??kt?u?ri]

CET6+TEM8TOEFL中低頻詞擴展詞匯

復數:?sanctuaries;

sanctuary 圣所，圣殿，庇護所，鳥獸保護區，禁獵區

sanct-,神圣的，-ary,表地方。即圣所，圣殿，引申諸相關詞義。

sanctuary (n.): early 14c., "building set apart for holy worship," from Anglo-French sentuarie, Old French saintuaire "sacred relic, holy thing; reliquary, sanctuary," from Late Latin sanctuarium "a sacred place, shrine" (especially the Hebrew Holy of Holies; see sanctum), also "a private room," from Latin sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)).

Since the time of Constantine and by medieval Church law, fugitives or debtors enjoyed immunity from arrest in certain churches, hence transferred sense of "immunity from punishment" (late 14c.). Exceptions were made in England in cases of treason and sacrilege. General (non-ecclesiastical) sense of "place of refuge or protection" is attested from 1560s; as "land set aside for wild plants or animals to breed and live" it is recorded from 1879.

1. A friend dubbed it "The Sanctuary" and the name stuck.: 有位朋友戲謔地稱它為“避難所”，然后這個名稱就沿用了下來。

3. There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.: 醫院后面有一個政治難民的避難所.

4. The fleeing rebels found a sanctuary in the nearby church.: 正在逃竄的反叛分子在附近的教堂里避難.

5. This island is maintained as a sanctuary for endangered species.: 那個島繼續作為瀕危物種的保護區.