a person who depends entirely on the money they receive for the job that they do. This term is usually used about people whose jobs are not seen as skilled or important. After a few years as a wage slave for a large corporation she decided to quit and set up her own business. 在一家大公司当奴隶几年后，她决定辞职并创立自己的公司。 Millions of people went to the cities, where they became paupers, beggars and wage slaves. 数以百万计的人去了城市，在那里他们成了乞丐、乞丐和有薪奴隶。