the Great Society
/ðə ˌɡreɪt səˈsaɪəti/
/ðə ˌɡreɪt səˈsaɪəti/
- a phrase used by US President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 to explain what his new social and economic programmes could achieve. He wanted to create a society in which all Americans were equal and there was no poverty. As part of this aim, Johnson's government created the Medicare and Medicaid medical programmes, the Head Start educational programme for poor children and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. It also passed the Voting Rights Act.
大社会：美国总统林登·约翰逊（Lyndon Johnson）在1964年使用的一句话，用以解释他的新社会和经济计划可以实现的目标。他想建立一个所有美国人平等且没有贫穷的社会。作为该目标的一部分，约翰逊政府制定了Medicare和Medicaid医疗计划，针对贫困儿童的Head Start教育计划以及美国住房和城市发展部。它还通过了《投票权法》。