living wage
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌliving ˈwage noun [singular] BEWa salary that is high enough to allow you to buy the things that you need to live 基本生活工资 jobs that don’t even pay a living wage 工资连基本生活都无法维持的工作
Examples from the Corpus
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?• We need to be just as comfortable with the flip side: A living wage encourages work.• Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?From Longman Business Dictionaryliving wageˌliving ˈwage [singular] a wage high enough to allow someone to live a fairly comfortable lifeTrade Unions are still fighting for a living wage in many industries. → wageˌliving ˈwage nounChineseSyllable
a to Corpus that high enough salary Business is
living wage
ˌliving ˈwage
noun [singular]
a salary that is high enough to allow you to buy the things that you need to live:
jobs that don’t even pay a living wage
ˌliving ˈwage
noun [singular]a salary that is high enough to allow you to buy the things that you need to live: