a regular amount of money that you earn, usually every week or every month, for work or services (通常指按周或月领的)工资,工钱 - wage/wages of something
wages of £300 a week 一星期 300 英镑的工资 a weekly wage of £300 周薪 300 英镑 an hourly/a daily/a monthly wage 每小时/每天/每月的工资 Workers in these stores earn a good wage. 这些商店的工人工资很高。 We all hope we can find a job that pays a decent wage. 我们都希望能找到一份工资不错的工作。 Wages were paid on Fridays. 工资周五发。 They are prepared to work for wages well below the legal minimum. 他们准备为远低于法定最低工资的工资而工作。 The average wage for unskilled workers is very low. 非熟练工人的平均工资很低。 - on… wages
There are extra benefits for people on low wages. 低薪者有额外补助。 Workers have been on strike for higher wages since October. 自10月份以来,工人们一直在为提高工资而罢工。 Tax and insurance are deducted from your wages. 所得税和保险费从工资扣除。 low/minimum wage earners 低收入者/最低工资者 wage cuts 减薪 a wage increase of 3% 3% 的加薪 - (British English also)
a wage rise of 3% 3% 的加薪 wage demands/claims/settlements 工资要求;工资和解协议 The staff have agreed to a voluntary wage freeze (= a situation in which wages are not increased for a time). 全体员工已经同意自愿冻结工资。
Synonyms incomeincome 收入 - wage/wages
- pay
- salary
- earnings
- income money that a person receives for their work, or from investments or business:
people on low incomes 低收入的人
- wage/wages money that employees get for doing their job, usually paid every week or every month:
a weekly wage of £200 周薪 200 英镑
- pay money that employees earn for doing their job:
The job offers good rates of pay. 这工作报酬高。
- salary
money that employees earn for doing their job, usually paid every month. 通常指按月发放的薪水、薪金
wage, pay or salary? Pay is the most general of these three words. In the past, employees who worked in factories, shops etc. got their wages each week, often paid in cash. These days they are more likely to be paid each month, directly into their bank account, but the term wage is still used for these kinds of jobs. Employees who work in offices or professional people such as teachers or doctors receive a salary that is paid each month, but is usually expressed as an annual figure.用 wage、pay 还是 salary? - earnings money that a person earns from their work:
a rise in average earnings for factory workers 工厂工人平均收入的增加
- (a) high/low/basic income/wage/pay/salary/earnings
- to earn an income/a wage/your pay/a salary
- to be on a(n) income/wage/salary of…
Collocationscompare salary see also living wage, minimum wageFinance Finance 财务 Income 收入 - earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune/the minimum wage/a living wage
- make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
在股市上赚钱/赚一大笔钱/发大财 - acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
获得/继承/积累财富/一大笔钱 - build up funds/savings
积累资金/存款 - get/receive/leave (somebody) an inheritance/a legacy
得到/(给某人)留下遗产 - live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
靠低微的工资/固定收入/养老金过活 - get/receive/draw/collect a pension
领取养老金 - depend/be dependent on (British English) benefits/(North American English) welfare/social security
靠福利金/社会保障金过活
Expenditure 开支;支出 - spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
把钱/存款/一大笔钱花在…上 - invest/put your savings in…
投资/把储蓄金用于… - throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
把钱浪费/花费巨资在…上 - lose your money/inheritance/pension
失去钱财/遗产/养老金 - use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
把储蓄用光 - pay (in) cash
用现金支付 - use/pay by a credit/debit/contactless card
- pay by/make out a/write somebody a/accept a (British English) cheque/(US English) check
用支票支付;开支票;给某人开支票;接受支票 - change/exchange money/currency
- give/pay/leave (somebody) a deposit
预付(某人)订金
Banks 银行 - have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
持有/开立/注销/冻结银行账户 - credit/debit/pay something into/take money out of your account
记入账户的贷方/借方;把钱存入账户/从账户中取出 - deposit money/funds in your account
往账户里存钱/存入资金 - withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
从自动提款机等取钱/现金/30 英镑 - (formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
存款;取款 - find/go to/use (especially North American English) an ATM/(British English) a cash machine/dispenser
找到/去/使用自动提款机 - be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
账面有钱/亏空;有盈余;透支 - use a mobile/an online banking app/platform/service
Personal finance 个人理财 - manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially British English) sort out your finances
管理/处理/计划/经营管理/整顿财务问题 - plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
计划/管理/制订/严格执行预算 - offer/extend credit (to somebody)
(给某人)提供贷款 - arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
商定/获得贷款/透支额 - pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
偿还钱/贷款/债务 - pay for something in (especially British English) instalments/(North American English usually) installments
以分期付款方式购买某物
Financial difficulties 财务困难 - get into debt/financial difficulties
陷入债务/财务困难 - be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
缺钱 - run out of/owe money
钱用光了;欠钱 - face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
面对/收到一张…英镑的账单 - can’t afford the cost of…/payments/rent
承担不起…的费用/款项/房租 - fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
拖欠按揭贷款/分期偿还款项/房租 - incur/run up/accumulate debts
带来/积欠/累积债务 - tackle/reduce/settle your debts
处理/减少/付清债务
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb2, Jobsb2Full employment pushed up wages. 充分就业使工资水平上升了。 He busked to supplement his meagre wages. 他靠街头卖艺来贴补微薄的工资。 He made a good wage as a trader. 作为交易员他挣的工资很高。 How can you live on such a low wage? 靠这么低的工资你怎么生活? Markets set the wages. 市场决定工资。 Real wages fell last year, when inflation is taken into account. 若把通货膨胀考虑在内,去年的实际工资下降了。 Semi-skilled tradesmen began to demand higher wages. 半熟练工匠开始要求更高的工资。 She earns a good wage at the factory. 她在工厂里挣的工资挺高。 Staff shortages have put an upward pressure on wages. 员工短缺造成了涨薪的压力。 The government promised greater tax cuts in return for continued wage restraints. 政府承诺加大减税的幅度以换取遏制工资增长的继续实行。 The prevailing wage is generally determined by local union rates. 普遍工资一般取决于地方工会工资标准。 The store argues that it offers competitive wages. 该商店认为自己提供的工资具有竞争力。 The union submitted a wage claim for a 9% rise. 工会提出了 9% 的加薪要求。 They docked his wages for arriving at work two hours late. 因为上班迟到两小时,他们扣了他的工资。 Women's wages were lower than men's. 女性的工资比男性低。 a basic wage of £100 a week plus tips 每星期 100 英镑的基本工资外加小费 my life as a corporate wage slave 我奴隶般的工薪族生活 the wage gap between men and women 男女之间的工资差距 to receive reimbursement for lost wages 因工资损失得到补偿 wage differentials between large and small companies 大型公司和小型公司之间的工资差异 He gets a weekly wage of £300. 他周薪300英镑。 He receives weekly wages of £300. 他每周工资300英镑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- competitive
- decent
- fair
- …
- pay
- earn
- make
- …
- increase
- rise
- fall
- …
- earner
- labour/labor
- labourer/laborer
- …
- a cut in wages
- a decline in wages
- a fall in wages
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French, of Germanic origin; related to wed.- wage/wages of something