a living wageBEWmoney you earn for work that is enough to pay for the basic things that you need to live 维持基本生活的工资 The church no longer paid a living wage. 教会不再支付可以维持生计的薪俸了。
a living 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?• Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?
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