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
Collins.1
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
- 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。 - The insurance industry sound development benefits economic growth and improves the social welfare state.
保险业的健康发展有助于加快经济增长并改善社会福利状态； - In fact the increase reflects the higher cost of the welfare state at a time of economic suffering.
事实上这反映出，在经济困难时期福利国家成本的增加。 - Just like Sweden, Denmark is a Nordic welfare state with most of its services free to the citizens.
正如瑞典一样，丹麦也是一个北欧福利国家，其大部分服务都是免费提供给国民的。 - 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。 - Politically, Qatar is evolving from a traditional society into a modern welfare state.
政治上，卡塔尔从传统社会演化成为一种现代的福利国家。 - Of or relating to a welfare state.
福利国家的或者与福利国家相关的。 - Yet this change also threatens to reshape the German welfare state and undermine social cohesion.
然而，这种变化也有可能重塑德国的福利状况，并削弱社会凝聚力。 - 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。 - In the developed nations, the welfare state needs to support workers who bear the brunt of the adjustment, using progressive taxation and retraining initiatives.
在发达国家，福利国家需要采用累进税制，并提供再培训计划，为受到调整冲击的工人提供支持。