slave wage

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very low amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work.
    — What's the situation? / An un-united nation / Working for a slave wage / What would you pay? / Kicking down a closed door / Something you could fight for / It's time to pull up / your head off the floor

词形变化

slave wages plural

词源

Probably from the idea that the wage is so low that someone receiving it is nearly or de facto enslaved.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary