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
- 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？ - 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 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。 - 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 supposed benefits of a progressive welfare state.
进步福利国家的所谓“福利”。 - 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。 - Britain is regarded as a welfare state.
英国被认为是福利制度的国家。 - 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。