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

• 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。
• 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。
• Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state.
  霍布豪斯已经简略地介绍了福利国家这一概念。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They equated socialism with the welfare state.
  他们把社会主义与福利国家相提并论。
• They've been accused of dismantling the welfare state.
  他们被控破坏了这个福利国家。
• 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。