means-tested是什么意思

means-tested

adj.（补助金等）经过收入调查的，根据收入调查结果而确定的; 

1. 1

   Means-tested programs transfer income to people whose resource fall below a certain level.Government means-tested programs are about4.1 percent of GDP.

   以经济情况调查结果为基础的计划，向收入低于某一平均水平的人转移收入。政府的这类计划支出额约占GDP的4。1%。

2. 2

   Since the benefit is not means-tested, it represents a big handout to millions of well-off people, but fails to cover large numbers of the needy.

   因为津贴不是收入调查型的，它代表了对富裕者的慷慨赠与，却没有考虑到大量贫困者的利益。