| 释义 |
workfare orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈwɜːkfɛə(r)|
[f. work n., after welfare.]
A policy of requiring recipients of welfare money to do some work in exchange for this benefit.
1968Harper's July 71 One of Evers' programs is what he calls workfare; he has said that everybody ought to work for what he gets. 1969R. Nixon in Washington Post 9 Aug. 1/2 What America needs now is not more welfare but more ‘workfare’. 1978Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Nov. 5/3 Mr. Walker, one of the most conservative politicians in the Legislature..thinks they would support a pilot project in an interested municipality, although he is not claiming Government support for workfare. 1981Daily Tel. 26 May 5 Two California towns..are at the forefront of a movement to implement ‘workfare’—projects aimed at forcing welfare recipients to do some labour in exchange for taxpayers' money. 1985Times 12 Feb. 14/5 There must be a real inducement to work. In the US a number of states have introduced ‘Workfare’ to complement welfare. |