单词 | welfare work |
释义 | > as lemmaswelfare work welfare work n. work done or facilities provided to maintain or improve people's welfare (originally that of workers); (now) esp. such work undertaken by trained professionals on behalf of the state. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service or work human service1708 social service1795 social work1847 sociolatry1854 welfare work1903 1903 Rev. of Reviews July 79/1 The term ‘industrial betterment’, or ‘welfare work’, is used in a wider sense to include all of those services which an employer may render to his work people over and above the payment of wages. 1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Pathol. ix. 287 The splintering of generalized welfare work into numerous highly specialized professions. 2009 J. Sudbery Human Growth & Devel. iii. 94 History shows that welfare work and welfare policy sometimes fail people in severe ways. < as lemmas |
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