大家好，今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——freeze wages, 這個短語的含義不是指「凍結工資」，其正確的含義是：
01freeze wages 維持現在工資水平，不漲工資
Is it true that the company is going to freeze our wages this year? I was hoping for a raise.
公司今年真的不給我們漲工資嗎？我希望漲工資！
The company froze everyone's wages as soon as the economy went sour.
經濟一出問題公司就不給我們漲工資了。
To control spending, the board is going to freeze our wages - no salary increases for one year.
為了控制開銷，董事會將不會給我們漲工資，一年都沒有工資上調。
The manager told us the company would freeze our wages for next two years. Now several coworkers just decide to change their jobs.
經理告訴我們接下來兩年都會維持現有工資水平，現在已經有幾個同事決定換工作了。
If you freeze employees' wages for one year, then some of them might want to leave the job.
如果你一年不給員工漲工資，他們中有些人可能就想辭職不幹了。