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
- Increasing unionization led to demands for higher wages and shorter hours.
随着工会越来越壮大,有了提高工资、缩短工作时间的要求。 - 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。 - 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。 - In other comparable countries real wages increased much more rapidly
在其他具有可比性的国家,实际工资上涨更快。 - 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。 - It's the wages that count. Not over-generous, but there you are
重要的是工钱,不要过于慷慨,但也没办法。 - They have hiked wages.
他们已经增加了工资。 - I was due for a raise when they put a freeze on wages.
我正好应当涨工资,他们却实行了工资冻结。 - Split the wages between you
工钱由你们两人平分。