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
- I believe that the Government's general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State
我认为政府总的目的是要削弱福利国家体制。 - 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 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。 - In fact the increase reflects the higher cost of the welfare state at a time of economic suffering.
事实上这反映出，在经济困难时期福利国家成本的增加。 - 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。 - 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 supposed benefits of a progressive welfare state.
进步福利国家的所谓“福利”。 - 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。 - On Welfare State Policy of Attlee Government in Britain
试论英国艾德礼政府的福利国家政策