safety net

英 [ˈseɪfti net]

美 [ˈseɪfti net]

n.  (防备不测的)保障措施; 安全网; (保护杂技演员等的)安全网

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牛津词典

noun

• （防备不测的）保障措施；安全网
  an arrangement that helps to prevent disaster if sth goes wrong
  1. a financial safety net
     金融“安全网”
  2. people who have fallen through the safety net and ended up homeless on the streets
     未能享受保障措施终致流落街头的人
• （保护杂技演员等的）安全网
  a net placed underneath acrobats , etc. to catch them if they fall

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (预防不测的)保障措施,安全网
  Asafety netis something that you can rely on to help you if you get into a difficult situation.
  1. Welfare is the only real safety net for low-income workers.
     对于低收入工人来说，福利救济是唯一真正有效的保障措施。
• (马戏团的)安全网，保护网
  In a circus, asafety netis a large net that is placed below performers on a high wire or trapeze in order to catch them and prevent them being injured if they fall off.

英英释义

noun

• a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze
• a guarantee of professional or financial security

双语例句

• Architectural-protection net, fence, safety net, slope protection network series.
  建筑类-护网、围网、安全网、护坡等网络系列。
• The fund is our safety net if anything should go wrong.
  一旦出了问题，基金就是我们的安全保证。
• Thus most people still have private pensions, but the government has added a safety net.
  因此，大多数人仍拥有私人养老金，但政府已增加了一道安全网。
• Social cooperatives can provide an important safety net in the face of declining or minimal public welfare.
  在面对公共福利不断减少或已经最少的情况时，社会合作社可以提供一个重要的安全网。
• Welfare is the only real safety net for low-income workers.
  对于低收入工人来说，福利救济是唯一真正有效的保障措施。
• Or serve as a safety net for out of work professionals in the crisis.
  抑或为危机中失业的专业人士充当安全网。
• You have a safety net.
  你有安全保障。
• Until, that is, the Paulson plan was re-described as a safety net for Wall Street plutocrats.
  但到人们把保尔森纾困方案解读成华尔街财阀的安全网，情况就不一样了。
• Funds have also gone to social safety net programs such as feeding school children and pregnant and lactating women.
  资金还流入了社会安全网方案，如为入学儿童以及孕妇和哺乳妇女提供食品。
• It is a sort of purification of the soul on the individual level, a cure against miserliness, and a social safety net.
  它是一种对个人的灵魂净化，治愈吝啬和贪得无厌，和构建一个社会安全网。