subsistence wage

基本解释

It therefore made no sense to try to grind their wages down to subsistence levels.
因而沒有道理將他們的工資壓榨到衹夠他們生存的程度。
The classics, from Smith to Marx, all assumed, or argued, that an unlimited supply of labour was available at subsistence wages.
這一經典，從斯密到馬尅思，都假設或爭論過，就是“在僅給予維持最低生活工資時，勞動力無限供給”。
"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.
威斯康星大學的就業指導員蘭迪•沃勒說：“盡琯他們的工資僅能維持最低生活水平，但他們在等待就業市場複囌的這段時間所做的事情是非常令人愉悅的。”

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