1. The only industries swelling their payrolls are health care, utilities and the federal government. 只有医疗保健、公共事业和联邦政府这些行业涨了工资。
2. There is another survey, sometimes referred to as the payroll survey, that assesses 400000 businesses based on their reported payrolls. 还有另一项调查，有时也被称为薪酬调查，即根据企业公布的薪酬对40万家企业进行评估。
3. Unemployment in January jumped to a 16-year high of 7.6 percent, as 598,000 jobs were slashed from US payrolls in the worst single-month decline since December, 1974. 1月份的失业率飚升至7.6%，创下16年以来的新高，与此同时598000个工作岗位从美国的员工名单中被裁减下来，单月裁员量达到1974年12月以来最严重的程度。
4. At Mercedes, cutting payrolls, streamlining production and opening up to consumer needs are revolutionary steps for a company that once considered itself beyond improvement. 在梅赛德斯，这意味着裁员、精简生产和满足消费者需求——对于这家一度认为自己已无法改善的公司来说，这是革命性的举措。
