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

• The supposed benefits of a progressive welfare state.
  进步福利国家的所谓“福利”。
• 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。
• They've been accused of dismantling the welfare state.
  他们被控破坏了这个福利国家。
• Do you think America's welfare state is adequate& or over-generous?
  你认为美国的国家福利是否足够，还是过于慷慨了？
• Language aside, the history, structure and politics of each country's welfare state are different.
  撇开语言不谈，各个国家福利制度的历史、体制和手段各不相同。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。