That feeds through to low wages. People have had their pay frozen, with the average yearly pay rise just 1%.

人靠赖以为生。平均年薪仅提高1%，出于这个原因，人们纷纷冻结。

When your wages are frozen, they stay at the current level.

这就是冻结，也是保持在当前水平不变的意。

Income inequality has soared: inflation-adjusted middle-class wages have been nearly frozen for the last four decades, while earnings of the top 1% have nearly tripled.

通胀调整后的中产阶级冻结了将近40年，收入最高的那1%的人群的收入却增长了近两倍之多。

I was made redundant from my carer's job and my pay was frozen.

从护的作中被裁员了，的也被冻结了。

After FDR imposed a nationwide wage freeze meant to stem inflation during World War II, many companies began offering private health insurance and pension benefits as a way to compete for the limited number of workers not deployed overseas.

在罗斯福在二战期间实施全国冻结以遏制通货膨胀后，许多公司开始提供私人健康保险和养老金福利，以此来争夺数量有限的未部署到海外的人。