They were hoping for a better pay deal.
他们希望达成一项提高工资的协议。
《牛津词典》Insiders reckon that, within a few years, the new pay deal could be wholly financed by cutting waste.
知情人士估计:用不了几年,通过减少浪费,就可以完全支付新体系所需的费用了。
Many of the envoys had been unhappy at the pay deal Mr Gurria landed on top of the rent-free residence.
许多特使已经对于Gurria先生花费在其免租金住宅上的支付交易感到不快。
Neil Record, a fund manager, argues that the pay deal offered to a DC plan member is clear; it consists of basic salary and the employer’s contribution to the plan.
基金经理尼尔•雷科德(Neil Record)提出,缴费确定型计划获益者的支付安排是明晰的,它由基本工资与雇主缴费数额构成;
There is the so-called big deal, where institutional subscribers pay for access to a collection of online journal titles through site-licensing agreements.
这就是所谓的“大交易”,即机构订阅者通过网站授权协议为访问一系列在线期刊而付费。
The demand is regarded by some as a potential deal breaker because Coke offered to pay a huge premium partly on the basis of Huiyuan's strong brand image.
一些人认为这一要求可能会破坏该交易,因为可口可乐愿意支付巨额溢价的部分原因,正是汇源强大的品牌形象。
Once the deal was sealed, Yang planned to use the money to pay off the fine and compensate his family with the rest.
一等这个交易确定下来,杨计划用这些钱来交付罚款并用剩下的钱补给他的家庭。
The carmaker's owner is trying to finalise a financing deal with Chinese backers, but has struggled to pay workers in the interim.
这家汽车制造商正试图与中国赞助者签订筹资协议,但是在期间已经很难支付工人工资。
Barroso did not address the other fault line in the negotiations towards a climate change deal at Copenhagen: who will pay to protect the poorest countries that will bear the brunt of climate change.
巴罗佐没有提到争取在哥本哈根达成气候变化协议的谈判中存在的其它争议:谁为保护将首当其冲地承受气候变化影响的最贫穷国家买单。
Pay per click advertising can drive a great deal of traffic to your site, if you correctly target your keywords.
支付每点击广告可以推动对你的网站的大量的访问量,如果你正确的确立你的关键字目标。
The board environment had become very frustrating and stressful, but instead of resigning and walking away with nothing, I had cut a deal giving me a major portion of the pay I was entitled to.
董事会的环境变得非常令人沮丧并且压力很大,但对于辞职并且什么都不带,我的一大部分的我应得的工资也没有了。
A deal to pay off that debt was rejected in a referendum in March; a less onerous settlement is now being debated.
还款协议在三月份的全民公投中被否决;目前正在商讨一个更为简易的解决方法。
As with the previous deal, the new bonds may come with a warrant that will pay extra if the economy grows faster than forecast.
跟之前的提案相同,新债券可能保证在经济增长高于预测的情况下支付额外收益。
VNU, a Dutch business-information company bought by a private-equity consortium earlier this year, was forced to pay more on a bond deal finalised this month than bankers had expected.
被私人股本公司收购的丹麦商业信息公司VNU,被迫交纳了比银行与起得多得多的债券交易费用。
Having even a small cushion of savings to fall back on allows people to deal with the unexpected, such as suddenly having to pay for medical treatment.
即使是拥有一个小额存款也可备不时之需,比如突然需要支付医疗费用等。
We usually pay our agents a 5% commission of the value for each deal.
通常我们支付给代理人的佣金是每笔交易达成金额的百分之五。
And so, the mystery of the Skype deal: why were the winning bidders willing to pay so a high price for a company whose very existence could be threatened by this lawsuit?
因此,Skype交易令人不解的地方在于:为何成功竞购者愿意为一家可能因诉讼而关门大吉的公司支付如此高的价格?
Woodford said a $2 billion deal would normally pay a 1% fee to advisers.
伍德福德称,对于一桩20亿美元的交易来说,付给咨询公司的费用一般来说只有1%。
The deal drags Germany further away from its insistence that well-managed economies should not have to pay for the mistakes of wayward ones.
这项交易进一步脱离德国的坚持。那就是管理好的经济体不应该为难以控制的经济体的错误付出代价。
The deal may be that you pay me to do a job for you, or that I trade you something I have for something I want.
交易的内容,可能是你付钱让我为你工作,或者是用我有的东西与你换取我想要的东西。
The bad news: though you can negotiate a cap on the fees, the VC will require the company pay for all the fees Bum deal?
有个坏消息:尽管在谈判时你可以争取到一个费用上限,风投会要求企业来支付所有的费用。无赖交易?
Might the most controversial deal of the crisis pay off after all?
难道金融危机中最具争议的交易终究是值得的吗?
But if the deal closes, the firm plans to pay a special dividend that will cover the cost of buying out those who did not participate.
但是如果交易完成,电讯盈科计划支付特别股息来收购那些未有参与的股东手中的股份。
Credit, after all, is a great deal, giving us the use of something today that we pay for tomorrow.
说到底,信用是一笔交易,今天给我们使用某些东西,需要我们明天去还。
Yet without the rational-mind-confusing power of the word 'free', most people suddenly realise that the $20 deal is superior, and decide to pay out for a better return.
在不存在使人丧失理智的“免费”这个词的时候,大部分人都突然意识到20元礼券更合算,并打算按照最大优惠原则来购买产品。
Pay attention not only to the story but to the particular problems the author has to deal with.
不要只看故事情节,留心作家是如何处理某些特殊问题的。
The most egregious offence is the “pay-for-delay” deal, under which a patent-holder pays a maker of generic drugs to delay its launch of a cheap copy.
妨碍仿制药上市最臭名昭著的绊脚石是“付费推迟”协议。 根据这项协议,专利持有人可以买通仿制药制造商以推迟其将廉价的复制产品推向市场。

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