商务英语：今日热词——宣称

微薄的薪水

(noun) A small and inadequate payment of money

例句

EXAMPLE: The modest inventor worked hard and created innovations that earned employers a fortune, but they paid him a pittance.

这位不事张扬的发明家工作很努力，他的发明创新使老板发了财，但老板给他的薪水却很少。

宣称

To have the possibly false appearance of being something or claiming to do something

EXAMPLE: The elderly gentleman purported to be the founder of an internet company, and everyone only smiled at him until they discovered it was true.

这位老先生宣称是某家互联网公司的创办人，所有人都对此一笑了之，但后来，他们发现这是真的。