sanctuary
/ˈsæŋktjʊərɪ/noun
(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。
1.1
- mass noun immunity from arrest避难, 庇护：
he has been given sanctuary in the US Embassy.
他在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。
2.1
- a place where injured or unwanted animals of a specified kind are cared for（某种受伤或遭遗弃动物的）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。
3.1
- the inmost recess or holiest part of a temple（教堂或寺院的）最深处; 最神圣处。
3.2
- the part of the chancel of a church containing the high altar（教堂内的）主圣坛。
词源
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.