照顧人的制度與補助
把「確認這個人過得好不好」做成一整套常設的安排，這個字就從一個人的狀態，變成社會為了維持那個狀態而建立的服務和給付。
welfare services · noun · B2
Help and services that the government or an organization provides for people who need support.
福利
核心畫面
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.
welfare 可以想成「有人在問：這個人現在過得好不好？」——身體、心情、生活條件整個看下來的狀態。畫面裡通常還有…更多收起
welfare 可以想成「有人在問：這個人現在過得好不好？」——身體、心情、生活條件整個看下來的狀態。畫面裡通常還有第二個人：家長、老師、老闆、政府，一個對他有責任、會去確認他有沒有事的人。也因為這樣，同一個字很自然地從「過得好不好」滑到「為了讓人過得好而設的制度和給的錢」。From the picture
Also in this word
wellbeing · noun · B2
Someone's health, comfort, and happiness — how well they are doing overall.
福祉
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。
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
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。