英语释义

• a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably

片语

living-wage law生活薪资法

Fair Living Wage公平维生工资

pay a living wage支付最低生活工资

Still Living Wage Earners照样生活拿工资

cost of living wage生活费工资制

national living wage全国生活工资

Living Wage Foundation生活工资基金会

the living wage生活工资

英汉例句

• the notion that 630, 000 ameri-cans—a number roughly equal to the population of north dakota—are making something approaching a living wage selling on ebay is a little rich.

  如果说有63万，相当于北达科他州人口总数的美国人的谋生方式是在ebay上卖东西，这确实有些言过其实了。

• the well-heeled firms that have signed up to the living wage report a better standard of work.

  据报告显示，收入不错的企业都规规矩矩地执行最低工资标準，其工作质量都处于较高水平。

• he does make a living wage but only by working72hours a week.

  他算是挣到了基本生活工资，但只有每周工作72个小时才行。

• as certified e-stewards, he says, 「we could be encouraging these [recycling] jobs being performed in the united states, in facilities clean and safe, and with a living wage for their workers.」

  至于e-steward认证标準，他说：「我们一直鼓励这些回收工作在美国本土完成，拥有清洁和安全设备，工人们也能领到基本生活工资。」

• a living wage implies a wage level that keeps up with prices, at least in part.

  一个最低生活工资至少要与部分物价水平保持一致。

• for example, after a living wage ordinance took effect for employees at the san francisco international airport, in 1999, turnover fell and productivity rose.

  比如，在1999年sanfrancisco国际机场的收入计划生效的时候，生产效率迅速提高了。

• lucas says kids are slowly realizing that without a high school diploma, their chances of getting a job that pays a living wage are zero.

  卢卡斯说，孩子们慢慢地意识到了，如果没有高中毕业证书，找到一份能够支付生活花销的工作的机会是零。

• of course, it would be great to be able to offer all parents a living wage that would mean working only one job and provide more time with their children.

  当然，能提供给所有的父母以最低生活工资会更好，这意味着只需要一份工作，那么他们就会有更多的时间来陪伴自己的孩子了。

• many farmers have to depend on subsidies to make a living wage .

  许多农民的基本生活工资要靠补贴来维持。

• nevertheless, there are a lot of unemployed people who, if they could make a living wage working in agriculture, i think, would do so.

  但现在有大量失业人口，如果他们能以农耕维生，我想他们是会做的。