今天我们来分享关于低薪的一些表达，这个也是某一时期自我的一个描述
1. steady work 稳定的工作
It can be hard for a builder to get steady work, since there are fewer construction projects in the winter.
建筑工人很难找到稳定的工作，因为在冬天建筑项目很少。
2. get by
勉强过活; 勉强对付过去
Early pioneers had to make sure they had enough food and firewood to get by during the long winter months.
早期的拓荒者必须保证他们有足够的食物和木柴能勉强应付漫长的冬天。
3. wages 工资；报酬
The factory workers are demanding higher wages and safer working conditions.
工厂工人要求更高的工资和更安全的工作环境。
4. dead-end job 无前途的工作
I enjoy the work, but it’s a dead-end job. If I want an opportunity to earn more money in the future, I’ll need to find a different job.
我喜欢这个工作，但是它没有前途。如果我想赚更多的钱，我需要找一份不同的工作。
5. strain 尽力，竭力
常用短语 strain to do sth
Harvey is straining to find a way to save his marriage.
Harvey努力找到拯救他婚姻的方式。
6. make ends meet 收支平衡
Many people who earn minimum wage do not have enough money to make ends meet, so they have to rely on help from the government and nonprofit organizations.
许多挣低工资的人没有足够的钱达到收支相抵，所以他们必须依赖政府和非盈利组织的帮助。
7. land one one's feet
时来运转，峰回路转，柳暗花明
She's really landed on her feet with this new job.
她找到这份新工作后真是时来运转了。
8. job security
工作保障，职业安全感
In general, state workers have better job security than people working in the private sector, because it is difficult for the government to fire people.
大体上来讲，国家工作人员比私企工作人员有着更好的职业保障，因为对于政府来说开除人是很难的事情。
9. be out on one's year
被迫离职，被迫离开
If we can’t find ways to improve the company’s profitability, we’ll all be out on our ear by the end of the year.
如果我们不能提升公司的利润率，我们到年底就得离职了。
10. quality of life 生活质量
When my husband was working 80-hour weeks, we had a lot of money, but our quality of life was very poor. Now that he is working less, we are much happier.
当我的丈夫每周工作80小时到时候，我们有很多钱，但是我们到生活质量很差。现在他工作的时间减少了，我们变得更开心了。
11. mortgage 抵押贷款
I took out a ¥600,000 mortgage to buy the house.
我借了60万的抵押贷款来买房子。
12. live paycheck by paycheck
月光族
The balance shows that there's no money at all. He definitely lives paycheck by paycheck.
账户余额显示一点钱都没有了。他绝对是不折不扣的月光族。
13. peanuts 少量的钱
He gets paid peanuts for doing that job.
他干那件工作报酬很低。
14. scratch a living 艰难度日
That family can just scratch a living but never asks for charity.
那一家人仅能勉强度日，但却从不要求救济。
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