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nanny state noun[ C ] mainly UKdisapprovinguk /ˌnæn.i ˈsteɪt/ us /ˌnæn.i ˈsteɪt/ a government that tries to give too much advice or make too many laws about how people should live their lives, especially about eating, smoking, or drinking alcohol: 保姆式政府(指过分干涉国民生活的政府) The government was accused of trying to create a nanny state when it announced new guidelines on healthy eating.政府发布了新的健康饮食指导,这被指责是尝试建立保姆式政府。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Systems of government absolutism advanced capitalism ancien régime anti-apartheid anti-communism democrat democratic democratically democratization democratize junta kakistocracy kleptocracy kleptocratic majority rule plutocratic police state post-apartheid pre-fascist pure democracy |