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

• 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 welfare state has invested the artist with no official'social duty '.
  福利国家不授予艺术家正式的“社会职责”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• Of or relating to a welfare state.
  福利国家的或者与福利国家相关的。
• 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。