A cap on the cost-of-living adjustment, for example, would be a nightmare for pensioners were inflation to flare up, because they would have no way of making up the loss in their purchasing power.

比如，如果通胀爆发，那么对于生活成本上限的调整将成为靠养老金生活的人的恶魔，因为他们对于自身购买力的失去将无计可施。

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That is forcing an adjustment in the parts of China that have long relied on migrant workers for low-cost labor.

这种局面迫使中国长期以来依靠农民工作为低成本劳动力的地区进行调整。

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Adjustment of pay rate, usually based on performance, cost of living, or promotion.

工资标准的调整，通常是根据工作表现，生活费用，和升职。

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The President did concede that there are times when "you could temporarily put a ceiling on a cost of living adjustment, " which he correctly pointed out would not be a cutback but simply a reduction in the amount of increase.

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She doesn't count much on the annual cost of living adjustment.

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"We should be looking for where is the best broad-based technical agreement on what is the most accurate cost-of- living adjustment, " said Gene Sperling of the National Economic Council, speaking on Fox.

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