| 单词 | welfare family |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswelfare family d. attributive, with the sense ‘provided with welfare benefits by the state’, as welfare mother, welfare family, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > one claiming state allowance claimant1923 welfare family1932 susso1947 welfare mother1962 society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service provided by (local) government > benefit provided by state > recipients welfare family1932 welfare mother1962 1932 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. 42/2 Emergency rations of bread and milk were being issued to nearly 11,000 welfare families in Detroit today. 1962 Washington Post 11 Oct. b1/8 The District's training center for welfare mothers. 1977 New Yorker 27 June 88/3 The Spencers were far from being a welfare family; the house cost forty thousand dollars, which they could afford. 1995 Wall St. Jrnl. 8 Feb. a2/4 Making the prospects even bleaker, Mr. Burtless added, is that ‘the education level of the welfare moms is limited’. 2006 H. O'Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals 109 He said that program was only for welfare kids and..juvenile delinquents. < as lemmas |
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