minimum-wage

IPA/ˌmɪnɪməm ˈweɪdʒ/
IPA/ˌmɪnɪməm ˈweɪdʒ/

minimum-wage — 名詞

1. the lowest hourly rate that companies are legally required to pay their workers,

1.名詞B1
釋義

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

例句

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

常見搭配
  • earn the minimum wage
  • pay the minimum wage
  • raise the minimum wage
  • increase the minimum wage
  • cut the minimum wage
  • minimum wage worker
  • minimum wage job
  • above the minimum wage
  • below the minimum wage
同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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'.

常見錯誤

Taiwan has a minimum-wage of NT$190.
Taiwan has a minimum wage of NT$190.
The unhyphenated form is standard when used as a noun; the hyphenated form is used before another noun.

同根字

  • minimum-wage worker
    名詞B1
  • minimum-wage job
    名詞B1
  • minimum-wage earner
    名詞B2
  • minimum-wage law
    名詞B2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • wage increase
  • wage hike
  • wage floor
  • wage law

副詞搭配

常用片語

  • raise the minimum wage
  • increase the minimum wage
  • earn the minimum wage
  • pay the minimum wage

介系詞搭配

  • above the minimum wage
  • below the minimum wage
  • at the minimum wage