Dave had to take a cut in pay to keep from losing his job.

大卫不得不降低工资以便不失去工作。

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They had to take a 20% cut in pay.

他们不得不接受减薪20%。

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But you can't ask people who can't pay their grocery bills to, in effect, [take a] pay cut to solve this problem.

但你不能让那些连日常开销都支付不起的人那样做，事实是，不能用降低他们的收入来解决这个问题。

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We did not ask any UAW member to take a cut in their pay.

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Each solution was temporary, forcing Congress to continually deal with this matter and leaving doctors to wonder if they would be forced to take a pay cut in the future.

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His movie model means he keeps budgets tight, insisting everyone take a cut on their upfront pay in exchange for skin in the game and a share of profits.

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