| 释义 |
welfare state
noun
1. : a social system based upon the assumption by a political state of primary responsibility for the individual and social welfare of its citizens usually by the enactment of specific public policies (as health and unemployment insurance, minimum wages and prices, and subsidies to agriculture, housing, and other segments of the economy) and their implementation directly by governmental agencies
2. : a political unit (as a nation or state) characterized by the operation of the system of the welfare state |