词汇 | means test |
释义 | means test noun [ C ] uk/ˈmiːnz ˌtest/ us/ˈmiːnz ˌtest/ 经济状况调查(根据个人收入来判断他们是否可获得政府的经济援助的调查) a measurement of how much income a person has in order to decide if they should receive money from the government, or an act of measuring this Local authorities will be able to introduce a means test, charging those who can pay to use school buses. 本地政府将使用经济状况调查,对那些能够支付校车使用费用的人收费。 An applicant who passes the means test will be granted legal aid. 通过了经济状况调查的申请人可以获得法律援助。 See: means testing
means-test verb [ I or T ] uk/ˈmiːnz ˌtest/ us/ˈmiːnz ˌtest/ 调查经济状况(根据个人收入来判断他们是否可获得政府的经济援助) to measure how much income a person has in order to decide if they should receive money from the government Some public-health services could be means-tested. 可以对使用某些公共卫生服务的人群进行经济状况调查。 Should we means-test for Social Security benefits? 我们应该对享有社会保障福利的人群进行经济状况调查吗? See: means testing
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