subsistence wage

基本解释

It therefore made no sense to try to grind their wages down to subsistence levels.
因而没有道理将他们的工资压榨到只够他们生存的程度。
The classics, from Smith to Marx, all assumed, or argued, that an unlimited supply of labour was available at subsistence wages.
这一经典，从斯密到马克思，都假设或争论过，就是“在仅给予维持最低生活工资时，劳动力无限供给”。
"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.
威斯康星大学的就业指导员兰迪•沃勒说：“尽管他们的工资仅能维持最低生活水平，但他们在等待就业市场复苏的这段时间所做的事情是非常令人愉悦的。”

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