welfare
n. 福利, 安宁, 幸福, 福利事业 a. 福利的
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福利；幸福；福利事业；安宁
someone's welfare is their health and happiness
Our only concern is the children's welfare.
我们唯一关心的是孩子们的幸福。
Child welfare services are well established and comprehensive.
儿童福利机构发展成熟、体系完善。
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Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
福利
幸福
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Shortened form of "welfare spending", "welfare payments", or "welfare assistance".
美国 非正式 不可数
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To provide with welfare or aid.
及物welfaring the poor
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From Middle English welefare, probably from the Old English phrase wel faran (“to fare well, get along successfully, prosper”) (cognate with Middle Dutch welvare (“welfare”), Middle Low German wolvare (“welfare”), Middle High German wolvar, wolfar (“welfare”)). Equivalent to well + fare. Compare also West Frisian wolfeart, Dutch welvaart, German Wohlfahrt, Old Norse velferð (whence Swedish välfärd (“welfare”)). The first recorded use in the sense of "social concern for the well-being of children, the unemployed, etc." is from 1904 and in the sense of "organized effort to provide for maintenance of members of a group" from 1918.
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