welfare state

noun

1. 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.
2. 福利国家
   a country that has such a system

1. (英国等国的)福利国家(制度)
   In Britain and some other countries, the welfare state is 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.

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Britain is regarded as a welfare state.
   英国被认为是福利制度的国家。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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？
8. 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。
9. While policies that raise unemployment are harmful to happiness under any plausible assumptions, there is no reason to abandon the welfare state's most important achievements: universal health insurance, state-funded education and security in old age.
   尽管在各种看似合理的假设下，提高失业率的政策都对幸福是一种伤害，但我们也毫无理由放弃福利国家最重要的成就：普遍医疗保险、国家资助的教育以及老年保障。
10. 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。
11. The supposed benefits of a progressive welfare state.
    进步福利国家的所谓“福利”。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. Of or relating to a welfare state.
    福利国家的或者与福利国家相关的。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. They've been accused of dismantling the welfare state.
    他们被控破坏了这个福利国家。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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
24. 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。
25. They equated socialism with the welfare state.
    他们把社会主义与福利国家相提并论。
26. Unemployment places a heavy burden on the welfare state.
    失业给福利国家增加了沉重的负担。
27. 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。
28. 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；
29. In the long run, debt sustainability may require a fundamental review of the welfare state.
    长期而言，债务可持续性可能意味着需要对“福利国家”进行根本性评估。
30. 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”。

noun

1. 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.