cost of living adjustment

基本解釋

Adjustment of pay rate, usually based on performance, cost of living, or promotion.
工資標準的調(diào)整，通常是根據(jù)工作表現(xiàn)，生活費用，和升職
Raise Adjustment of pay rate, usually based on performance, cost of living, or promotion.
加薪工資標準的調(diào)整，通常是根據(jù)工作表現(xiàn)，生活費用，和升職。
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，如果通脹爆發(fā)，那么對于生活成本上限的調(diào)整將成為靠養(yǎng)老金生活的人的惡魔，因為他們對于自身購買力的失去將無計可施。

To enable the Railroad Retirement Board to adjust the amount of benefits payable under the Railroad Retirement Act at the time the cost of living adjustment is applied.
WHITEHOUSE: Matching Programs Conducted in 1994 and 1995