subsistence wage

基本解釋

It therefore made no sense to try to grind their wages down to subsistence levels.
因而沒(méi)有道理將他們的工資壓榨到只夠他們生存的程度。
The classics, from Smith to Marx, all assumed, or argued, that an unlimited supply of labour was available at subsistence wages.
這一經(jīng)典，從斯密到馬克思，都假設(shè)或爭(zhēng)論過(guò)，就是“在僅給予維持最低生活工資時(shí)，勞動(dòng)力無(wú)限供給”。
"They're going to be making subsistence wages, but they're doing something very gratifying until the job market improves, " University of Wisconsin career counselor Randy Wallar said.
威斯康星大學(xué)的就業(yè)指導(dǎo)員蘭迪?沃勒說(shuō)：“盡管他們的工資僅能維持最低生活水平，但他們?cè)诘却蜆I(yè)市場(chǎng)復(fù)蘇的這段時(shí)間所做的事情是非常令人愉悅的。”

At first, most new arrivals make just subsistence wages.
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