They said there would be delays and only temporary pay.

他们告诉我会议暂时延期了。

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To pay his dividends, he took out secret loans, imagining that they were temporary, only to have the deception take on a permanent life of its own.

为了支付红利，他抹除那些他认为是短期贷款的秘密款项，仅仅是为了让骗局能够永远得以维持下去。

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All have cut back their part-time and temporary workers, who had only ever been promised a pay-cheque, not a job for life.

以上几家公司都削减了兼职及临时雇员，他们只有薪酬合同而没有终身工作合约。

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

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