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
- 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。 - 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。 - Language aside, the history, structure and politics of each country's welfare state are different.
撇开语言不谈，各个国家福利制度的历史、体制和手段各不相同。 - 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。 - Britain is regarded as a welfare state.
英国被认为是福利制度的国家。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Unemployment places a heavy burden on the welfare state.
失业给福利国家增加了沉重的负担。