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

• 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。
• Of or relating to a welfare state.
  福利国家的或者与福利国家相关的。
• 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？
• 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；
• Britain is regarded as a welfare state.
  英国被认为是福利制度的国家。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• And all this has been combined with a high level of social protection and a generous welfare state.
  而且这一切还暴在政府提供高水平社会保障和丰厚福利的情况下出现的。