abbreviation for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: an organization that is part of the UN (= the United Nations) and is responsible for protecting and helping refugees (= people who have had to leave their own country to escape war or suffering)

At the beginning of the conflict UNHCR predicted that as many as 1.5 million refugees would stream out of the country. 在冲突开始时，联合国难民署预测将有多达150万难民涌出该国。

Dozens of relief agencies have started working in the region under the UNHCR's leadership. 在难民署的领导下，几十个救济机构已开始在该地区工作。