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

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。