单词 | living wage |
释义 | living wage From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Wagesliving wageˌliving ˈwage noun [singular]BEWa salary that is high enough to allow you to buy the things that you need to live jobs that don’t even pay a living wageExamples from the Corpusliving wage• They had no solution to the possibility that even they might sometimes fail to find permanent employment at a living wage.• Do they feel women should remain in marriages because their jobs do not pay a living wage?• We need to be just as comfortable with the flip side: A living wage encourages work.• Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?From Longman Business Dictionaryliving wageˌliving ˈwage [singular] a wage high enough to allow someone to live a fairly comfortable lifeTrade Unions are still fighting for a living wage in many industries. → wage |
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