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

化学

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.
  1. His wages have gone up...
     他涨工资了。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. ...the three factions that had been waging a civil war...
     发动内战的三个派别
  2. They waged a price war.
     他们打起了价格战。

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
  1. the wages of sin is death
  2. virtue is its own reward
  Synonym:rewardpayoff

双语例句

• 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。”
• 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 wages are adequate to support three people.
  他的工资够养活三口人。
• Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.
  工资已被冻结，工人也下岗了。
• That, in turn would increase pressure for higher wages and that, in turn, would impact on inflation and competition.
  那样就会增加工资上涨的压力，而那样又会对通货膨胀和竞争产生影响。
• Things were difficult, and we needed her wages to keep going.
  日子很艰难，我们要靠她的工资来维持生活。
• My employer deducted ten pounds from my wages this week.
  我的雇主从我本周的工钱中扣除了十英镑。
• 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。
• Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%
  官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
• Wages are low and the wastage rate of staff is high.
  工资很低，员工的离职率很高。