喜樂美語

核心畫面

Think of a net that a whole country holds up together. Everyone who earns puts a little money into it through taxes or payroll . The net is there for the times when a person cannot earn: old age, illness, disability, losing a job. One way to see the three meanings is as three views of that same net — the net itself, the money that falls into your hands when you land in it, and the one American net that has a capital-letter name of its own.

可以想成一整個國家一起撐著的一張網。有收入的人透過稅金或薪資扣繳，一點一點把錢放進去。這張網是為了「不能再靠自己賺錢…更多收起可以想成一整個國家一起撐著的一張網。有收入的人透過稅金或薪資扣繳，一點一點把錢放進去。這張網是為了「不能再靠自己賺錢」的那些時候準備的：年老、生病、失能、失業。三個意思可以看成同一張網的三個角度——網子本身、掉進網裡時接到手上的那筆錢，還有美國那一張有專屬大寫名稱的網。

Two branches

那張網，以及網裡接住的錢

同一張網，看的距離不同：退遠一點看見整套制度，走近一點看見落在某個人手上的那筆錢。英文用同樣兩個字，靠句子裡的搭配區分。

noun · B2

The whole system a country uses to take in money through taxes and then look after people who are old, out of work, ill, or unable to earn enough to live on.

社會安全制度（整套體系）

美國那一張有名字的網

同一張網，但在美國它是一項有正式名稱的制度，所以兩個字都大寫，用起來像一個機構的名字。

noun · B2

In the US, the government programme that takes a set part of workers' pay while they are working, and later pays them money every month when they are old, or when illness or disability stops them working.

（美國）社會安全制度

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。

social securitynoun

  • 1

    A system whereby the state either through general or specific taxation provides various benefits to help ensure the wellbeing of its citizens.

  • 2

    Those benefits paid under such a system.

  • 3

    A specific such social benefit providing income in retirement or disability.

    • Near-synonym: social insurance (not always different)

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。