minimum-wage
minimum-wage — 名詞
1. the lowest hourly rate that companies are legally required to pay their workers,
最低工資
法律規定雇主支付的最低時薪
the lowest hourly rate that companies are legally required to pay their workers, set by government law rather than by individual employers
The government raised the minimum wage by five percent this year to help low-income workers.
政府今年將最低工資調高百分之五，以幫助低薪勞工。
collocation: raise the minimum wage
Gita earns the minimum wage at a factory near Taichung.
Gita 在臺中附近的一家工廠工作，領的是最低工資。
collocation: earn the minimum wage
After the new law passed, the minimum wage rose to NT$190 per hour.
新法通過後，最低工資調漲為每小時新臺幣 190 元。
Yael thinks the minimum wage should rise each year to match the cost of living.
Yael 認為最低工資應該每年調升，以因應生活成本。
Workers earning the minimum wage cannot afford a place to live in big cities.
領取最低工資的勞工，在大城市負擔不起住所。
- base pay
broader term that includes minimum wage but also covers any agreed starting salary
- statutory minimum
formal term used especially in UK legal contexts
- minimum hourly rate
more explicit about the per-hour basis of the wage
- living wage
the amount actually needed to cover basic living costs, which may be higher than the legal minimum
文法句型
the minimum wage
minimum wage + noun
用法筆記
Often used with 'the' (the minimum wage). The hyphenated form 'minimum-wage' is common when used as a compound modifier before a noun, as in 'minimum-wage job' or 'minimum-wage worker'.