貪婪性通膨
A report by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest federation of unions in the US, shows CEOs in Standard & Poor’s top 500 American companies were paid 18.2% higher in 2021.
美國最大的工會聯盟「美國勞工聯合會和產業工會聯合會」（AFL-CIO）報告顯示，標普500指數成分股企業執行長在2021年的薪資成長了18.2％。
the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations美國勞工聯合會和產業工會聯合會federation(n.)聯盟congress(n.)代表大會
The study, titled “Executive Paywatch,” compares the company pay ratio of businesses in the S&P 500 and Russell 3000 indexes.
這項名為「執行長薪酬觀察報告」的研究比較了標普500指數和羅素3000指數企業的薪酬比。
(which is) titled…標題為…
The average total compensation of these CEOs was $18.3 million for the 2021 fiscal year, including salary, stocks, bonuses, and non-equity incentives.
這些執行長在2021會計年度的平均總薪酬為1,830萬美元，包括薪水、股票、獎金和非股權獎勵。
compensation(n.)賠償金;補償金、薪酬;報酬fiscal year財政年度;會計年度non-equity incentives非股權獎勵equity(n.)股票;股權
Compared to their employees, CEOs were paid 324 times higher on average this year, up from 299 times higher in 2020, and 264 times higher in 2019.
他們在2021年的平均薪酬比員工高出324倍，高於2020年的299倍，和2019年的264倍。
compared to與～相比之下、相較於～on average平均而言
In 2021, Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy received $212.7 million in total compensation, while Amazon’s median worker pay was $32,855.
2021年，亞馬遜新任執行長安迪·賈西獲得的總薪酬為2.127億美元，而亞馬遜的員工薪資中位數為32,855美元。
median(adj.)中間的、居中的、中位數的median household income家庭收入中位數
This gave Amazon the highest CEO-to-worker pay ratio out of all companies at 6,474:1.
這使亞馬遜成為所有公司中CEO與員工薪酬比最高的公司，為6,474：1。
Nominal worker wages in these companies also rose, but only by 4.7%, failing to keep up with the current inflation rate of 7.1%.
去年這些企業員工的名義工資也成長了，不過只漲了4.7％，未能跟上當前7.1％的通貨膨脹率。
nominal wage名義工資rise-rose-risen上升;上漲fail to RV未能;無法inflation(n.)通貨膨脹
This means that real worker wages fell by 2.4%.
這意味著實質工資下跌了2.4％。
real wage實質工資
This discrepancy was dubbed “greedflation” by the union federation.
「美國勞工聯合會和產業工會聯合會」稱這樣的薪酬差異為「貪婪性通膨」。
discrepancy(n.)不一致、出入、差異dub(v.)取名;稱作=call=namegreedflation貪婪性通膨
Yet Jassy was not even the top-earning CEO according to the rankings. That honor went to Peter Kern, CEO of Expedia, who banked $296,247,749 in 2021.
然而，根據排名，賈西還算不上是收入最高的執行長，而是由智遊網集團的執行長克恩獲得此殊榮，他在2021年的收入為296,247,749美元。
top-earning(adj.)收入最高的go to (獎項、榮耀)頒給～;歸…所有;屬於bank(v.)賺(錢)=earn
What makes this even more shocking is that Expedia’s revenue plunged from $12 billion in 2019 to $5.2 billion in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
更令人震驚的是，因為新冠疫情， Expedia的營收從2019年的120億美元，暴跌至2020 年的52億美元。
plunge(v.)(n.)暴跌、驟降=fall sharply=plummet
CEO pay growth continues to outpace that of workers across the country, the AFL-CIO noted, with US workers seeing a wage increase of only $1,303 per year over the past decade.
AFL-CIO指出，執行長的薪酬成長速度繼續超越全美工人薪酬成長的速度，美國工人的工資在過去十年中每年僅增長1,303美元。
outpace(v.)(速度上)超過、比⋯⋯更快