Picture someone asking: how is this person doing? — health, state of mind and living conditions taken together. There is usually a second person in the picture too: a parent, a teacher, an employer, a government, someone with a duty to check that they are all right. That second figure is what lets the same word slide from how a person is doing to the systems and money set up to keep them doing all right.
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
welfarenoun/ˈwɛlˌfɛə/
- 1
Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
- Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
- 2
informalShortened form of "welfare spending", "welfare payments", or "welfare assistance".
- Oliveira seems to suggest that the Jews of Kiryas Joel are somehow gaming the welfare system to fund their lifestyles, while simultaneously acknowledging the high poverty rates in the town that qualify residents for programs like Medicaid.
welfareverb/ˈwɛlˌfɛə/
- 1
To provide with welfare or aid.
- welfaring the poor
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