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1960 minimum wage

今天我们要学的词是 minimum wage. Minimum 意思是“最小的”，wage则是工资，minimum wage表示“最低工资”。President Obama plans to sign an executive order  to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors¹. 奥巴马总统计划签署一项行政令，提高联邦政府合同工的最低工资水平。The current federal minimum wage in the U.S. is $7.25 per hour. 21 of the 50 states have minimum wages higher than the federal minimum.  现在美国联邦规定的最低工资是每小时7.25美元，有21个州的最低工资高于这个水平。好的，今天我们学习的词是 minimum wage, minimum wage, minimum wage...

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n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》