wages
英 [ˈweɪdʒɪz]
美 [ˈweɪdʒɪz]
n. (通常指按周领的)工资,工钱
v. 开始,发动,进行,继续(战争、战斗等)
wage的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 工资;工钱
Someone'swagesare the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do.- His wages have gone up...
他涨工资了。 - This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line.
这可能会使将最低工资定得远高于贫困线的努力告吹。
- His wages have gone up...
- VERB 开展,发动(运动或战争)
If a person, group, or countrywagesa campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time.- ...the three factions that had been waging a civil war...
发动内战的三个派别 - They waged a price war.
他们打起了价格战。
- ...the three factions that had been waging a civil war...
When used as a noun,payis a general word which you can use to refer to the money you get from your employer for doing your job. Manual workers are paidwages, ora wage. The plural is more common than the singular, especially when you are talking about the actual cash that someone receives.Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife.Wagesare usually paid, and quoted, as an hourly or a weekly sum....a starting wage of five dollars an hour.Professional people and office workers receive asalary, which is paid monthly. However, when talking about someone's salary, you usually give the annual figure.I'm paid a salary of £15,000 a year.Yourincomeconsists of all the money you receive from all sources, including your pay.
pay 用作名词时,泛指从雇主处得到的工资或薪水。体力劳动者的工资通常用 wages 或 a wage表示,其中复数形式更为常见,尤其是表示实际拿到的现金时。例如,Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife (每周他都将自己领到的工资全部交给妻子)。wages 通常按小时或按周支付或计算:a starting wage of five dollars an hour (每小时5美元的起薪)。专业人士以及办公室职员的工资用 salary 表示,通常按月支付。但是在谈论某人的薪水时,通常用年薪来表示:I'm paid a salary of £ 15, 000 a year (我年薪为15, 000英镑)。 income 表示从各个来源获得的总收入,包括工资。
英英释义
noun
- a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
- the wages of sin is death
- virtue is its own reward
双语例句
- In absolute terms British wages remain low by European standards.
根据欧洲标准,英国工资的绝对值依然很低。 - His wages are adequate to support three people.
他的工资够养活三口人。 - Francis fined him two weeks 'wages and said:' That's the end of the matter. '
弗朗西斯扣了他两个星期的工资,然后说:“事情到此为止。” - Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.
工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度,从而消耗了利润所得。 - The state, it is true, gave money towards their wages. Nevertheless the whole process had not been organized properly
诚然,政府已经拨款支付他们的工资。但整个过程没有组织妥当。 - His boss advanced him £ 10 against next week's wages.
老板给他预支了10英镑下周的工资。 - Members of the service staff shall be exempt from dues and taxes on the wages which they receive for their services.
服务人员就其服务所得之工资免纳捐税。 - In absolute terms, wages have risen, but not in comparison with the cost of living.
从绝对意义上说,工资是提高了,但同生活费用相比较就不能这样说了。 - They kept back 80 dollars from my wages for trade union membership dues.
他们从我的工资中扣下80元钱交工会会费。 - The farmers pay pitiful wages, often in the form of food and clothes.
农场主支付的报酬少得可怜,还经常是以食物和衣服的形式。