underpaid

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un·der·paid /ˌʌndəˈpeɪd◂ $ -ər-/ adjectiveadj

BECPAY somebody FOR WORKearning less money than you deserve for your work 所得工资过低的

Teachers are overworked and underpaid.

教师工作量太大，报酬太低。

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underpaid• State employees are generally overworked and underpaid.• In 1812 almost one parish in ten was not served even by an underpaid and indifferent curate.• Surcharges Recipients of unpaid or underpaid parcels will be charged the outstanding amount, plus a fee of 16p per parcel.• An underpaid scrivener in a solicitor's office.• Interest rates will discriminate between overpaid and underpaid tax - by more than 3%. 5.• They are the most underpaid, the most under-employed, the most unskilled and the least organized in trade unions.• Young claimants who refuse demeaning or underpaid work necessarily fall into this group.

overworked and underpaid• As a result, those who were brought on board saw themselves as an enviable elite, however overworked and underpaid.• It can be a different matter where staff are overworked and underpaid and still expected to smile constantly.

From Longman Business Dictionary

underpaidun·der·paid /ˌʌndəˈpeɪd◂-ər-/ adjectiveadj

paid less money than you deserve for your work

Most of the staff feel they are overworked and underpaid.

un·der·paid adjectiveadj

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