英:[ˈwelfeə(r)]
美:[ˈwelfer]
英:[ˈwelfeə(r)]
美:[ˈwelfer]
wel·fare
wel fer
noun
the health and happiness of a person or group, or the degree of such. well-being.A good government is concerned with the welfare of its citizens.The ship provided almost solely for the welfare of the first-class passengers.I'm asking about your diet and the safety of this neighborhood because I'm concerned about your welfare.
public or private aid to needy people.Welfare helped their family get through a tough time.Many changes have been made to the nation's system of welfare since its inception.
social welfare社会福利;社会福利工作(等于social work)
public welfare公共福利,公用福利设施;社会福利
welfare system福利体系
welfare state福利国家
welfare economics[经]福利经济学
economic welfare经济福利
welfare lottery福利彩票
general welfare公共福利
child welfare儿童福利;保育
on welfare接受救济的;接受生活照顾的
welfare work福利工作
welfare fundn. 福利基金
public welfare forest公益林
welfare facilities福利设施
social welfare function社会福利函数;社会福利功能
welfare cost社会福利支出;福利费
约于1300年,源自古英语 wel faran,意为“处于或表现良好的状态”,源自 wel(见 well(adv.))和 faran “过得去”(见 fare(v.))。古挪威语中也有类似的构词方式,即 velferð。1904年首次出现“关注儿童、失业者等福利”的意义; 1918年开始出现“组织性的努力,为团体成员提供生活保障”的意义。1941年开始出现 Welfare state。
福利
福利
Noun Middle English, from the phrase wel faren to fare well
The first known use of welfare was in the 14th century
welter1 of 2verb
to twist or roll one's body about
to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves
to become deeply sunk or bogged down
weltered in misery
welter2 of 2noun
a state of wild confusion
a confused jumble
a welter of information
weltnoun
a ridge or lump raised on the skin (as by a blow)
Welshnoun
Welsh plural people born or living in Wales
the Celtic language of the Welsh people
Welshnoun
Welsh plural people born or living in Wales
the Celtic language of the Welsh people
wellspringnoun
a source of continual supply
fountainhead sense 1
wellnessnoun
the quality or state of being in good health especially as an actively sought goal
lifestyles that promote wellness
wellheadnoun
the top of or a structure built over a well
wellbornadjective
coming from a good family : of gentle or noble birth
welfarenoun
the state of doing well especially in relation to happiness, well-being, or success
must look out for your own welfare
aid in the form of money or necessities for people in need
a program through which such aid is distributed
1 While the rest of the country has fitfully cut back welfare and continues to debate class disparities and the barriers to mobility, Whitiker has quietly traversed several classes in a single lifetime.
2 I had been expelled and was living at the Swerlins’ group home, where the welfare people sent the most troublesome boys.
3 You’ll use your knowledge for the welfare of the oasis and its inhabitants.
4 Rob was always especially concerned about the welfare of the Sherpas who worked for him.
5 Work is the true source of human welfare.
劳动是人类幸福之源.
6 Courtney Rutherford Hopkins would probably sue county welfare if she knew what kind of place they’d forced her daughter to come to.
7 The sole grievance and alloy thus removed in the prospect of Harriet’s welfare, she was really in danger of becoming too happy for security.—What had she to wish for?
8 Even though business couldn’t be worse, there were times when a person had to be true to himself and consider his welfare first.
9 Caesar advised Ptolemy to be faithful to the Romans and to consider the welfare of the Egyptian people.
10 “Geraldine said her daughter thought she saw you come into the welfare office where she works. That was you, wasn’t it?”
11 The state is still the main provider of welfare.
政府仍然是福利的主要提供者。
12 Clinton eventually moved beyond crime and capitulated to the conservative racial agenda on welfare.
13 “Kenny, this isn’t a welfare list, it just means your daddy’s gonna pay all at once instead of a few times every week.”
14 Child welfare services are well established and comprehensive...
儿童福利机构发展成熟,体系完善。
15 She worked at a nursing home every day trying to keep her family together, and had a motherly concern about the welfare of her children.
16 “What do you think the welfare food was that Momma said she gave us?”
17 Lately, he was used to us coming around for the welfare parcels.
18 Block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare.
联邦政府发给地方的固定拨款减轻了联邦政府在社会福利方面上的责任.
19 And now most of us are just doing what society wants us to do—contributing to the jail population, selling drugs, having babies, living on welfare.
20 Would she not be forced to seek welfare, and food stamps, and school lunches, would she and her child not become a drain on the community’s resources?
1 社会福利
2 安康
3 福利事业
4 富足
5 繁荣
golden boom lush thriving prosperous booming thrifty halcyon boomy Saturnian palmy health wealth glory fortune wax prosperity thrift bonanza weal well-doing flower thrive flourish prosper milk and honey flourishing up blossom
6 社会保障金
8 康乐
10 福祉