wage

英 [weɪdʒ] 美 [weɪdʒ]

• n. 工资；报酬
• v. 开展；从事；进行(战争、运动)

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] 工资

   regular (usually weekly) payment made or received for work or services

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 进行; 从事

   carry on; engage in (war, a campaign)

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 报应
2. 工资，报酬，薪水，待遇，薪金，工钱
3. <古>代价
4. 报偿，报答
5. 工业产值中劳动工资的部分

v. 动词

1. 实行，进行（战争、运动），开展
2. 在进行中，在开展中
3. 作，从事
4. <主英>雇佣
5. 打赌，下赌注，同…打赌
6. 抵押
7. 担保，保证
8. 开始，发动
9. 继续
10. 支付
11. 斗争，竞争

英英释义

Noun:

1. something that remunerates;

   "wages were paid by check"
   "he wasted his pay on drink"
   "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
   

Verb:

1. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns);

   "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A postman's wages are 180 per week.
   邮递员的工资为每周180英镑。
2. In our family both my husband and I are wage earners.
   在我们家里，丈夫和我都挣工资。
3. In order to circumvent the straitjacket of national wage rates, employers in many cities offer non-pecuniary rewards to their workers.
   为了避免全国工资率的约束，许多城市的雇主不以金钱的形式付给工人报酬。
4. I am saying that in most cases, if you were to look at a pure dollar-per-hour "wage," you would find that many bloggers work rather inexpensively.
   而是说大部分情况下，如果你在看一份一小时只有一美元报酬的工作，那么你会发现很多博客在廉价工作。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The government is waging a campaign against sex discrimination in industry.
   政府正在展开反对工业界性别歧视的运动。
2. Mobile warfare is the form in which regular armies wage quick-decision offensive campaigns and battles on exterior lines along extensive fronts and over big areas of operation.
   运动战，就是正规兵团在长的战线和大的战区上面，从事于战役和战斗上的外线的速决的进攻战的形式。
3. The government has pledged itself to wage a war against poverty and disease.
   政府发誓要进行一场消灭贫穷和疾病的斗争。
4. No country wants to wage a nuclear war.
   哪个国家也不想打核战争。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The job is interesting, but it doesn't pay a living wage.
   这份工作很有趣,但它的工资不够养家糊口。
2. When wages are high, prices are high.
   工资高,物价也会相对的高。
3. We expect a fair day's wage.
   我们希望得到一天应得的工资。
4. Wages of sin is death.
   罪恶的代价就是死亡。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The controversy waged for a few years.
   论战进行了几年。
2. The riot waged for several hours.
   骚乱持续了几个小时。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The two countries are waging an endless war.
   这两个国家正在进行一场无休止的战争。
2. He believes that they are plotting to wage a limited nuclear war in Europe.
   他认为他们正在策划在欧洲进行一场有限的核战争。

经典引文

• He had three weeks' wages saved.

  出自： B. Bainbridge

• She had been hired..for an agreed weekly wage.

  出自： P. Fitzgerald

• Women..still earn only two-thirds of male wages.

  出自：She

• I would wage a shilling that the pedestrian outstripped the equestrian travellers.

  出自： Henry Fielding

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

wage war against (v.+n.+prep.)

同…作战 fight a battle with sb or sth
wage war against sb/sth
The police are waging war against crime in the city.

警察正在与城里的犯罪行为作斗争。
Doctors wage war against disease.

医生与疾病作斗争。
We must wage war against poverty.

我们必须向贫困开战。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• advance〔affect, cut down, deduct〕 wages 预支〔影响,降低,扣发〕工资
• earn〔get, pay, receive〕 a wage 挣〔得,付,领〕工资
• increase〔raise, reduce, stop〕 wages 增加〔提高,减少,停发〕工资

形容词+～

• average〔basic, decent, fair〕 wages 平均〔基本,相当不错,相当金额〕的工资
• good〔high〕 wages 高薪
• hourly wages 每小时的工资
• meager〔reasonable〕 wages 微薄〔合理〕的工资
• real〔take-home〕 wages 实际〔实得〕工资

名词+～

• board〔piece rate, time〕 wages 伙食〔计件,计时〕工资

～+名词

• wage scale〔system〕 工资等级〔制度〕

介词+～

• at a wage of 拿…工资
• deduct rent from wages 从工资中扣除房租
• increase in wages 增加工资

～+介词

• wages by piece 计件工资
• wage of $2500 a month 月薪2500美元
• wages on efficiency 按工作效率计算的工资

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• wage the campaign 开展运动
• wage struggle 开展斗争

～+介词

• wage against 与…作斗争
• wage against crime 与犯罪行为作斗争
• wage on 与…作斗争

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. wage的意思是“工资,工钱”,指相对短的时间内,以小时为单位,每周或每两周付给蓝领工人或非技术工人一次报酬,常用于复数形式; 当wage表示一次领取的报酬时,常用于单数形式,当wage作“报偿,代价”解时,常用于复数形式,但句中的谓语动词须用单数形式。

v. (动词)

1. wage的基本意思是“进行”“从事”。
2. wage既可用作及物动词,偶尔也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。
3. wage可接介词against表示“同…作战”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

wages, pay, salary

• 这组词都有“薪水”“工资”的意思。其区别在于：
• 1.pay是普通用词,不可数,意思是“工资,薪水”,指工作所得到的酬金,也可特指发给军人的薪饷,强调付了钱,不如salary和wages正式。
• 2.salary一般指脑力劳动者的月薪或年俸。例如:
• He lived on his salary.他靠薪水生活。
• The company pays good salary.这个公司的薪金高。
• His regular salary doesn't come to much, but he gets bonuses too.他的固定薪水并不高,但他还有奖金。
• 3.wages多指体力劳动者按天或按周领取的工钱。例如:
• Her wages are one hundred dollars a week.她的工资为每周100美元。
• He takes his wages home to his wife every Friday.他每星期五把工资带回家交给妻子。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古北方法语的wage，意为誓言。

近反义词

【近义词】

• income
• payment
• salary