1.someone who receives money for work that they do
2.a member of a family who earns money for the rest of the family
1.Hey , you know what I just realized ? You are the sole wage earner .
嗨，你知道我刚刚才想通什么吗？你是家里唯一收入来源。
2.I'm simply a wage-earner, and I find it difficult enough to raise one child, so I won't consider the second.
我只是个工薪阶层，而且我发现养一个孩子挺难的，所以我不会考虑第二个的。
3.To put this in perspective, he could spend in 13 minutes what a minimum-wage earner brings home after an entire year of the daily grind.
再换个角度，人家拿最低工资的人劳作一整年的收入，他13分钟就能花光。
4.Biden went on to add: 'The result being that you're in a position where one wage earner will be taking care of four retired people.
拜登又补充道：‘这样政策的结果就是一个挣工资的人将要照顾四位老人。
5.The husband would be the wage earner and handle the large financial decisions.
丈夫则是收入的来源并做出家里重大的财政决定。
6.Change our trade policies to advantage the American wage earner. Do that and ALL our other problems will go away.
我们应该改变贸易政策，来让美国的工薪阶层获益。这样所有的问题都会迎刃而解的。
7.'The result being that you're in a position where one wage earner will be taking care of four retired people. Not sustainable. '
我不是在放马后炮，这个政策的结果就是造成了这样一种局面：一个工作的人将供养四个退休老人。这是无法持续的。
8.That adds up for people in countries where the average wage earner makes $2 per day.
对于日平均工资只有2美元的越南人来说，这实在是太不划算了。
9.Job loss and bankruptcies stress the wage earner and his or her family alike.
失业和破产为劳动者及其家人带来了压力。
10.For the million Spanish families who saw a wage-earner lose their job in 2008, Christmas was a lot grimmer.
2008年，西班牙数以百万计的家庭亲眼目睹了靠工资度日的人们下岗待业，圣诞节更是雪上加霜。