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
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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
- They've been accused of dismantling the welfare state.
他们被控破坏了这个福利国家。 - Unemployment places a heavy burden on the welfare state.
失业给福利国家增加了沉重的负担。 - The supposed benefits of a progressive welfare state.
进步福利国家的所谓“福利”。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The welfare state has run up against a brick wall of economic reality and fiscal book-keeping.
现在，福利国家已经撞上由经济现实和财政状况筑起的南墙。 - 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。 - 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。