wage [動詞] 進行,從事; [名詞] 薪水;報酬
wage
[weidʒ]
n.工資, 報酬
v.開展, 從事, 進行(戰爭、運動)
例句與用法:
How can I keep a family on such a miserable wage?
我怎麼能靠這少得可憐的工資養家?
I can hardly exist on the wage I'm getting; there is no money for luxuries.
我靠我掙的工資簡直難以 口,根本無錢享受。
How do they manage to subsist on such a low wage?
他們這點工資怎麼餬口?
We've decided to negotiate with the employers about our wage claim.
我們決定就工資問題與僱主談判。
A postman's wages are 180 per week.
郵遞員的工資為每週180英鎊。
In our family both my husband and I are wage earners.
在我們家裡,丈夫和我都掙工資。
The government has pledged itself to wage a war against poverty and disease.
政府發誓要進行一場消滅貧窮和疾病的鬥爭。
The government has introduced a wage freeze.
政府已宣佈要凍結工資。
詞形變化:
動詞過去式: waged | 動詞過去分詞: waged | 動詞現在分詞: waging | 動詞第三人稱單數: wages |
英文解釋:
名詞 wage:
something that remunerates
同義詞:pay, earnings, remuneration, salary
動詞 wage:
carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
同義詞:engage
以上來源於大辭典