工资更高的工人退休了，取而代之的是工资低廉的年轻人，这拖低了总的工资量。

More high-paid workers were retiring and being replaced by lower-paid youngsters, which dragged down overall wages.

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要补充一点的是，通过减少工厂工人的需求量，3d打印机将彻底埋葬低成本，低工资国家的优势，从而又将生产的能力转换到发达国家，这只是可能。

Others maintain that, by reducing the need for factory workers, 3d printing will undermine the advantage of low-cost, low-wage countries and thus repatriate manufacturing capacity to the rich world.

youdao

是的，工资是很明显的开支，而且你的产品和服务的需求量正在大幅降低。

Yes, salaries are an obvious expense, and yes, the demand for your products and/or services may be declining.

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