asylum seeker

noun

1. 寻求避难者；寻求庇护者
   a person who has been forced to leave their own country because they are in danger and who arrives in another country asking to be allowed to stay there

1. N-COUNT 寻求(政治)避难者
   An asylum seeker is a person who is trying to get asylum in a foreign country.
   1. Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.
      寻求避难者中有不到7%的人被视作政治难民。

1. Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.
   寻求避难者中有不到7%的人被视作政治难民。
2. On today's criteria he would have been rejected as an asylum seeker because Hitler was not yet in power.
   按照今天的标准，作为庇护寻求者，他会遭到拒绝，因为当时希特勒（Hitler）还没有上台。
3. He arrived in Britain as a 16-year-old asylum seeker, unable to speak English.
   他16岁初到英国时，还是一个不懂英语的避难者。
4. What if I am a refugee or asylum seeker?
   如果我是难民或政治避难者，该怎么办？
5. In a separate incident a failed Chinese male asylum seeker made a last minute dash for freedom when he realised he was to be detained.
   在另一次单独行动中，一名寻求庇护失败的中国籍男子在意识到自己将被逮捕的最后一刻企图逃脱。