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welfare

/wel-fair/US // ˈwɛlˌfɛər //UK // (ˈwɛlˌfɛə) //

福利,福利事业,福利方面,福利待遇

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.
    • : welfare work.
    • : financial or other assistance to an individual or family from a city, state, or national government: Thousands of jobless people in this city would starve if it weren't for welfare.
    • : Informal. a governmental agency that provides funds and aid to people in need, especially those unable to work.

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Examples

  • Not only is getting out and about good for your health, it also does wonders for your dog’s welfare, Gruen says.

  • In a country with some 210 million people, such a system could speed up the delivery of social welfare and tax benefits, and make public policies more efficient.

  • Beyond boosting profits, their efforts are driven by an imminent climate crisis, in which cattle play a significant role, and growing concern for livestock welfare among consumers.

  • So, the costs — of pollution, of degraded animal welfare — that are currently not being borne by either producers or consumers of food, would have to be borne.

  • In effect, it enhances social insurance protections and is a step towards universal basic income, both policies I think would improve social welfare even in the absence of a pandemic.

  • Many parents have been defeated in their efforts to get help from child welfare departments.

  • In 2011, only 27 percent of families living in poverty were receiving welfare assistance.

  • This year, a bare-bones welfare program will continue into the New Year without being updated.

  • It was a Republican Congress working with a Democratic president that succeeded in passing the welfare reform bill the first time.

  • Once upon a time Bill Clinton and a bipartisan congressional majority ended welfare as we once knew it.

  • Feeling secure regarding their happiness and welfare, she did not miss them except with an occasional intense longing.

  • These are obtained easily, whence follow the sinister reports that they give your Majesty, to the harm of the public welfare.

  • His wife was ignorant of the cause of his staying out so long, and suffered greatly from anxiety about his welfare.

  • Occasions happen when the removal of directors is essential to the welfare of a corporation.

  • I am sending this by Wong, as I am watched closely, though he pretends to be looking out only for my welfare.