welfare state

英 [ˌwelfeə ˈsteɪt]

美 [ˌwelfer ˈsteɪt]

n.  福利制度(由政府向有需要的人提供各种免费服务，如医疗、失业救济金、对老人的照顾等); 福利国家

经济

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牛津词典

noun

• 福利制度（由政府向有需要的人提供各种免费服务，如医疗、失业救济金、对老人的照顾等）
  a system by which the government provides a range of free services to people who need them, for example medical care, money for people without work, care for old people, etc.
• 福利国家
  a country that has such a system

柯林斯词典

• (英国等国的)福利国家(制度)
  In Britain and some other countries, thewelfare stateis a system in which the government provides free social services such as health and education and gives money to people when they are unable to work, for example because they are old, unemployed, or sick.

英英释义

noun

• a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.

双语例句

• As the welfare state started to provide old-age pensions, universal education, free healthcare and unemployment benefits, there was less need for charity.
  因为福利国家开始提供养老金、全民教育、免费保健以及失业津贴，对慈善团体的需求也就减少了。
• The welfare state was regarded as a kind of dividend from economic growth.
  福利国家被看作是额外享受经济的增长。
• The American dream and the European welfare state are bending to the competitive winds of globalisation.
  美国梦和欧洲福利国家正向全球化的竞争潮流俯首称臣。
• The reigning ideology favored more government intervention into the economy and an expanding welfare state.
  当时的执政理念倾向于让政府更多地干预经济并扩大国家福利。
• Migrant workers are not a drain on the welfare state and pay more in taxes than the value of public services they receive, a trade union study concludes today.
  英国职工大会（tradesunioncongress）今日公布的一项调查显示，移民工人并非一个福利国家财富外流的渠道，他们缴纳的税收超过了自己获得公共服务的价值。
• A well-managed welfare state is not the enemy of globalization. Instead, some say it is the saviour.
  一些人指出，管理良好的福利国家并不是全球化的死敌，而是全球化的救星。
• Yet it was clear that an independent Scotland would struggle to sustain even its existing welfare state.
  但很显然，独立的苏格兰甚至难以维持现有的福利国家制度。
• France and Germany, classic examples of the social insurance welfare state that draws on employer and employee contributions, have seen moves away from that model.
  法国和德国这两个典型的利用雇主和雇员分担费用的社会保险福利制度的国家已经偏离了原有模式。
• They've been accused of dismantling the welfare state.
  他们被控破坏了这个福利国家。
• Of or relating to a welfare state.
  福利国家的或者与福利国家相关的。