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
- 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。 - 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。 - Unemployment places a heavy burden on the welfare state.
失业给福利国家增加了沉重的负担。 - 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。 - 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。 - Britain is regarded as a welfare state.
英国被认为是福利制度的国家。 - The supposed benefits of a progressive welfare state.
进步福利国家的所谓“福利”。 - Just like Sweden, Denmark is a Nordic welfare state with most of its services free to the citizens.
正如瑞典一样，丹麦也是一个北欧福利国家，其大部分服务都是免费提供给国民的。 - 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？ - 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。