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词汇 safety-net
释义 safety net
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈseɪf.ti ˌnet/ us /ˈseɪf.ti ˌnet/

safety netnoun[C] (NET)


a net put below people performing at a great height to catch them if they fall(保护高处表演者的)安全网,防护网
 
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Carnival, fairground & circus
acrobatics
aerialist
amusement arcade
amusement park
big dipper
big top
clownishly
coconut shy
contortionist
custard pie
dodgem
fairground
juggle
juggler
juggling
loop the loopidiom
merry-go-round
midway
trapeze artist
unicycle

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Safe and secure

safety netnoun[C] (HELP)


a system to help those who have serious problems and no other form of help: (为面临重大困难且无助的人提供帮助的)安全网,保障体制
The welfare system was set up to provide a safety net for the poor.建立福利制度以为贫困人口提供保障体制。
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Protection and protectors
adopt
adoptable
aegis
anti-shark
anti-skid
chaperone
cybersecurity
defence mechanism
den mother
doorkeeper
elder care
precaution
preservationist
rewilding
ring-fence
safe space
safeguarding
safekeeping
white knight
witness protection

safety net | American Dictionary


safety net
noun[ Cusually sing ]
us/ˈseɪf·ti ˌnet/
something, esp. a government program, that protects or helps people:
Unemployment insurance is a safety net for people who lose their jobs.

safety net | Business English


safety net
noun[ C ]
ukus
FINANCE, GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
a system or plan for helping people, companies, etc. that are having problems, especially financial problems:
The ability to declare bankruptcy is one of the oldest safety nets that the government provides working people.
The state set up a safety net for those who can't afford health insurance.
social/financial safety netIn the old days, when there was no adequate social safety net, parents regarded having a son as making an investment for their old age.
a welfare/health/government safety net

Examples of safety net


safety net
They suggest that safetynet programmes should be improved and a more flexible relationship between lifetime limits and economic conditions established.
Otherwise, the poor will continue to slip through holes in the safetynet of charity emergency medical care.
This would belie the ' social risk management ' component of current safetynet strategies designed to address longer-term development challenges.
The legendary safetynet is a case in point.
It may serve as a safetynet in case the pianist's rhythm is not very steady.
Moreover, the income-contingent nature of loan repayments acts as a safetynet for those with low earnings who are unable to meet their repayments.
Thus, a safetynet of last resort is in place to save urban residents from absolute destitution.
Under the circumstances, continued reliance on own-farm subsistence production represents a vital safetynet.
In live performance there is no safetynet; the artist cannot start again or make an overdub.
At this early point, the music service is regarded as a 'safetynet' before, possibly, moving on to other careers.
States attempted a wide range of highly technical solutions to the dilemma of reconciling religious freedom with a safetynet of religious institutions.
Some observers have identified a growing culture of dependence perpetuated through such safetynet mechanisms.
Certainly there was nothing of the safetynet of state or voluntary welfare we can now take for granted, whatever its inadequacies.
It is a complex and rich phenomenon and a safetynet for a chaotic love affair with diversity in our time.
Moreover, children and parents belong to the same safetynet, the ' latent matrix ' of social support.
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