微薄的工资

Among them are his nephew Fred, who playfully makes jokes with his family at Scrooge's expense, and Bob Cratchit and his family, who are just barely able to make do with what little pay Scrooge gives Cratchit.

外甥Fred在和家人一起快乐地说着Scrooge的笑话；Bob Cratchit一家靠着Scrooge付给Cratchit的微薄工资勉强过着节，夫妇俩还在照料年幼的儿子Tiny Tim，他生病了，可他对圣诞精神的执着深深打动了Scrooge。

The pilot, even in those days of trivial wages, had a princely salary ... and no board to pay.

即便在当时那种工资微薄的年代，领航员的薪金也是特别高的一每月从150元到250元，还不花伙食钱。

Their low wages ($1,68 a day) were paid in script redeemable only at company stores charging high prices.

他们的工资微薄（每天1.68美元），并且是以只能在公司的商店里使用的代币券的形式支付的，而这些商店里的东西售价都很高。

We are aware of the conditions that exist in the wood caning and turning trades, the very low wages which are paid to the embroiderers and lace makers.

木雕匠和车木工收入之间的差别，绣花女工和织带女工工资不能容忍的微薄，这是大家已经知道的了。

If the steely motivation of these young women were only about securing a meager wage, this bargain would not work.

如果这些年轻女孩如同钢铁般坚韧的动机只是为了一份满足温饱的微薄工资，那么讨价还价就不会发生了。

Even in that low salary period,the pilot can get much salary and needn't to pay board wages

甚至是在那个工资微薄的时候，领航员能得到一笔丰厚的薪水，还不用付伙食费。

The deeply alarming report was compiled after months of secret, insider leaks - with the help of a couple of the Chinese factory workers and reveals a prison-like regime of misery, faint intimidation, squalid conditions, strict fines for the tiniest mistakes, dreadful food, illegal lack of insurance, 80-hour work weeks, 'Big Brother'-esque monitoring, hard wooden stools without backrests for the duration of their 12-hour day, and frequently stolen/unpaid wages which sometimes amount to as much as 20% knocked-off their already inadequate wages.

这个令人深深为之震惊的报道是在一对中国工人夫妇的帮助下，经过数月秘密内幕的整理完成的。该报道揭示了工厂里像牢狱般严苛的工作制度，工人们受到的威逼胁迫，肮脏的住宿环境，因为细微错误的严格罚款，可怕的食物，没有合法的保险，每周工作80小时，专治的监控。工人们要坐在没有靠背的硬板凳上工作12个小时，经常被偷和被拖欠的工资有时候占到他们已经微薄收入的20%。

She got a trial, showed enough skill to warrant the modest wage of ten dollars a week; she became part of the office force of twenty or twenty-five young men and women similarly employed.

她有一个试验，结果显示，以保证足够的技能的微薄工资10美元一个星期，她成了办公室武力或部分20 25青年男子和同样工作的妇女。

Even at the time when people got the worst-paid, pilots still had a better salary and didnt need to pay for food.

甚至是在那个工资微薄的时候，领航员能得到一笔丰厚的薪水，还不用付伙食费。

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失