0 (a place that gives) protection or shelter from danger, trouble, unhappiness, etc. -- 避難（所）；庇護（所）；慰藉
Hundreds of dissidents are seeking refuge in the US embassy.
He always refers to the house as his "refuge".
The walkers sought refuge from the storm in a farmer's barn.
The townspeople had taken refuge in the church.
Seeking refuge in the past may be understood as their means of not being overwhelmed by their anxieties.
They see, in these miserable paupers in search of a refuge, their future inner enemies, the sign of a siege to come.
Temperatures in artificial refuges were intermediate between these extremes.
