[mass noun]the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group 健康、幸福和福利;安康 they don't give a damn about the welfare of their families. 他们对家庭的安康毫不关心。 ■statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need 福利 the protection of rights to education, housing, and welfare. 教育、住房和福利三种权利的保护。 ■(chiefly N. Amer.)financial support given for this purpose (主北美)救济
语源
Middle English: from the adverb well + the verb fare