中英互译
means-tested
英 /ˈmiːnz testɪd/美 /ˈmiːnz testɪd/
基本释义
- adj.经过经济情况调查的
- v.经济调查;发放救济(means-test 的过去式)
双语例句
- So they may eat up their savings and have to fall back on the state's means-tested benefit at 65.所以他们可能花光了积蓄,65岁时又不得不吃起低保。
- Although Britons can get ordinary health care without paying out of pocket, social care is means-tested.虽然英国人可以不用掏腰包就获得普通的医疗保健,社会福利仍然有待检验。
- He was anxious to arrest the spread of means-tested top-up help for pensioners, which discourages private retirement saving.他急于阻止针对养老金的经济状况调查援助计划的推广,这让私有退休收入大大受挫。
网络短语
- non-means tested无须调查经济状况
- non-means-tested无须接受经济状况调查
- means Tested Loan Scheme教育
英英释义
- n.an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid