We've been shooting for a pay raise for months.

几个月来，我们一直在争取加薪。

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A: I’m really longing for a pay raise.

我真渴望加薪啊。

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Your request for a pay raise has been turned away.

你加薪的要求已遭到拒绝。

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Two years later, an American group was formed to raise money to pay for a pedestal to support the statue.

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A few months later, members of Congress voted a pay raise for themselves and the executive branch of government.

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Asking for a pay raise is a delicate conversation and something you should not do without careful planning, says Dr. Katharine Brooks, director of Liberal Arts Career Services at The University of Texas at Austin and author of You Majored in What?

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For example, a pay raise offers only a temporary rise in pay satisfaction levels.

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Working on my leadership skills and putting myself out there and once I am able to do that, ask for a promotion and pay raise.

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