His father was a clerk in the British Navy pay office — a respectable position, but with little social status.

他的父亲是英国海军出纳室的一名职员——工作虽体面，但鲜有社会地位。

His father was a clerk in the British Kayy pay office --a respectable position, but with little social status.

他的父亲是英国海军出纳室的一名职员一工作虽体面，但鲜有社会地位。

Musk enters the New Year continuing to cut costs with the New York Times reporting that Twitter has stopped paying office rents, and is considering cutting severances for laid-off workers.

新年伊始，马斯克继续削减成本，据《纽约时报》报道，推特已停止支付办公室租金。并正在考虑削减下岗工人的遣散费。

What it signified at that time, however, is apparent from the fact that the office paid a salary of $3500 a year and that for the first ten years Vail did not succeed in collecting a dollar of this princely remuneration.

然而，这在当时意味着什么，从办公室每年支付 3500 美元的薪水这一事实可以明显看出，在最初的十年里，韦尔没有成功地从这笔高额报酬中收取一美元。