1.(法定)最低工资
1.the smallest amount of money that an employer is legally allowed to pay a worker
1.As the annoying financial crisis, I can only maintain the minimum wage standard of living, I really do not know after.
由于讨厌的金融危机，目前我工资只能维持最低生活标准，真不知以后咋办。
2."Scott Rudin is made of money, " she said. "I don't think it would be so hard for him to pay five interns the minimum wage. "
“斯科特·鲁丁腰缠万贯，”她说，“我觉得他就是要给五个实习生发最低的工资，也不是什么难事。”
3.About two dozen unionists staged a protest to call for the immediate setting up of a minimum wage and maximum working hours.
十二个工会团体集会，要求政府立即制订最低工资及标准工时。
4.After two years of "no" , she landed an interview at a big retail chain store, for a part-time, minimum wage job; not ideal, but something.
在经历了两年求职被拒后，杰里.牛顿终于在一个大型的零售连锁店找到了一份兼职工作，工资不高；虽然她对这份工作不满意，但总比没有工作强多了。
5.Adam Foreman, a partner at Littler Mendelson, the law firm, says US law that guarantees interns a minimum wage is often ignored.
利特勒•门德尔松律师事务所（LittlerMendelson）的合伙人亚当•福尔曼（AdamForeman）表示，美国法律规定应向实习生支付最低工资，但这常常被忽略。
6.During peak periods there was a compulsory seven-day week and the company was found to be failing to pay the minimum wage.
在高峰时期，将会是强制的一星期七天工作并且发现到公司连最少的工资都发不下来。
7.Many work very long hours and receive little food, no time off and pay that is a fraction of any minimum wage, if it materialises at all.
大多数人工作很长时间，得到的食物很少，没有时间休息。并且如果把工资具体化后，无论如何那只是最低工资的一小部分。
8.Among the unions' demands were an end to public-sector job cuts, a boost to the minimum wage and a reversal of tax cuts for the rich.
各工会的要求中，包括有结束公共部门裁员，设定工资下限以及对富人的减税变为加税。
9.This would not be a problem if the minimum wage was a living wage, but in many Chinese cities it is anything but.
将最低生活保证金作为最低工资，原本不是问题，而在我国的许多城市却非如此。
10.The very poorest, who slip under the minimum-wage threshold to take the most menial and casual jobs, earn less than $200 a year.
而对于那些连最低工资都拿不到的穷人来讲，他们只能为别人做佣人或作一些杂活而一年挣得200美元。