Meaning of haven in English
(Definition of haven from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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(Definition of haven from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of haven
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The theory of pollution havens is straightforward; however, empirical evidence for their existence is mixed.
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Thus, the parent as well as the infant should experience a volition to seek a haven of safety if sufficiently alarmed.
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One would imagine them to be havens for the multitudes of unemployed and underemployed youths, many of them rural migrants.
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The idea of the region as a safe haven for the generation of ideas also underlies initiatives for regional programmes with civil society organisations.
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Therefore, the demand for the pollution haven countries' exports of dirty industries should increase.
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What will become of her when the rags of our bodies fall away, and we too reach for the haven of lives not our own?
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The authors find, for example, no clear evidence of incapacity benefit being used as a more comfortable haven by the unemployed.
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The pollution haven hypothesis asserts that due to strict environmental protection in developed economies, pollution-intensive industries tend to move to developing countries.
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Nevertheless, being accepted by any such host country would imply the closure of other countries as haven.
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They had refused to leave home for the safe haven of a shelter, to the dismay of media pundits and authorities.
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The family as haven acquired a new meaning in the colonial context.
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Many scholars also attribute the lack of evidence for pollution havens to the relatively small role that pollution abatement costs have in firms' location decisions.
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The impact of trade appears to vary by pollutant, with only sulphur dioxide showing evidence of both factor endowment and pollution haven effects.
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In addition, the state had an interest in ensuring that the medreses would not become safe havens for draft dodgers.
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Previous empirical tests of the pollution haven hypothesis provide mixed results.
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sığınak, liman, güvenli yer…
havre…
(veilige)haven…
přístav, útočiště…
tilflugtssted…
pelabuhan…
ท่าเรือ, ที่พักพิง…
bến tàu, nơi ẩn náu…
schronienie, przystań…
hamn, tillflykt[sort], fristad…
tempat berlindung…
der Hafen, der Zufluchtsort…
havn, tilflukt(ssted)…
гавань, притулок…
приют, убежище…
