wage
noun[S]
uk/weɪdʒ/us/weɪdʒ/(alsowages[plural])B1
aparticularamountofmoneythat ispaid, usually everyweek, to anemployee,especiallyone who doesworkthatneedsphysicalskillsorstrength,ratherthan ajobneedingacollegeeducation:
（尤指支付给体力劳动者并通常按周计算的）工资，工钱，报酬a verylow/high wage非常低／高的工资
anhourly/daily/weekly/annualwage按小时／日／周／年支付的工资
He gets/earns/ispaida good wage, because heworksfor afairemployer.他的薪水很不错，因为他的老板奖惩公平。
Thejobpaysverylowwages.这份工作薪水很低。
Compare
earnings
paynoun
remunerationformal
salary
stipend
- Is shepaidaregularwage or is it bycommissiononly?
- Deadlock over wagelevelshaspreventedanagreementbeingreached.
- There will be anincreaseintaxfor thoseearninginexcessoftwicethenationalaveragewage.
Earning money
- (your)(daily) breadidiom
- assessable
- bank
- base pay
- basic
- basic income
- benefits package
- feel the pinchidiom
- hand over fistidiom
- in arrearsidiom
- lineyourpocket(s)idiom
- livelihood
- pay packet
- pull
- pullsomethingdown
- rakesomethingin
- remonetize
- remuneration
- shift
- sick pay
wage
verb[T]
formaluk/weɪdʒ/us/weɪdʒ/tofightawarororganizeaseriesofactivitiesinordertoachievesomething:
发动（战争）；组织，筹备（活动）Doesn't thepresidentneedCongress'permissionto wagewaronanothercountry?想必总统须得到国会的许可才能对他国发动战争吧？
They've been waging alongcampaigntochangethelaw.他们为修改这一法律已组织发起了一场持久的运动。
Fighting
- a fight to the finishidiom
- bellicosity
- blood diamond
- blow
- boots on the groundidiom
- call to arms
- combat
- come close to blowsidiom
- conflict diamond
- engagement
- grapple
- rout
- scrimmage
- shootout
- skirmish
- stoush
- tangle
- tangle withsomeone
- tilt
- turf war