money that employees receive for doing their job, especially professional employees or people working in an office, usually paid every month 薪金,薪水(尤指按月发放的) an annual salary of $40 000 4 万美元的年薪 The average monthly salary for an unskilled worker is $550. 非熟练工人的平均月薪是550美元。 - on a salary (of something)
She's on a salary of £24 000. 她的薪金是 24 000 英镑。 She earned a six-figure salary. 她挣了六位数的工资。 a 9 per cent salary increase 9%的加薪 - (British English)
He gets a basic salary plus commission. 他领取基本薪金,外加佣金。 - (North American English)
base salary 底薪 Chemical engineering grads are expected to get the biggest starting salaries. 化学工程毕业生有望获得最高的起薪。 the closure of final salary pension schemes 最终工资养老金计划的终止 We have no money to pay staff salaries. 我们没钱支付员工工资。 The CEO received a salary of $1 million. 首席执行官获得了100万美元的工资。 The average annual salary for those jobs was $90 721. 这些工作的平均年薪为90 721美元。
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…
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea2, Moneya2It's impossible to bring up a family on such a low salary. 靠如此低的薪水养活一家人是不可能的。 US tech workers command six-figure salaries. 美国的技术工人拿六位数的薪水。 Mr Kerry continued to draw his salary during the time of his absence. 克里先生不上班的时候还继续领薪水。 She raised his salary to $36 000. 她把他的薪水加到 36,000 美元。 The position is rewarded with a generous salary package. 这一职位的薪资待遇非常好。 The salary cap will be set at $49.5 million. 最高薪资将设在 4,950 万美元。 Top salaries are liable for a higher rate of tax. 高薪的纳税率更高。 What salary band will I be on after two years in the company? 在公司工作两年后我的薪水会在哪个等级? Workers are being asked to take a cut in salary. 员工们被要求接受降薪。 Your pension will be based on a proportion of your final salary. 你的退休金以最终薪金为基础按一定比例给付。 Texas has the lowest teacher salaries in America. 德克萨斯州的教师工资是美国最低的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- generous
- good
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- pay (somebody)
- command
- earn
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- increase
- rise
- package
- hike
- increase
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- on a salary
- an increase in salary
- a raise in salary
- a rise in salary
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal ‘salt’.