union wages的意思|示意

"I had that door painted only last week," Mr. Higginbotham half whined, half bullied; "and you know what union wages are."

“那道门我是上个礼拜才油漆的呢，”希金波坦先生半是哀号，半是威胁，“工联规定的工钱有多高你是知道的。”

Meanwhile, the growth of international competition forced American companies to cut costs to maintain profits, and they have hired workers abroad at non-union wages and closed U.S. factories.

国际竞争的提高还迫使美国公司降低成本，维持利润，并且雇用海外员工，关闭美国的工厂。

The economic collapse, when inflows of capital halt, can be very painful - even more so if a fixed exchange rate (or currency union) demands a period of falling nominal wages and prices.

当资本流入停滞的时候，经济崩溃可能是非常痛苦的——如果固定汇率(或货币联盟)要求名义工资和价格在一定时期内下降，情况就更加糟糕。