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wage n.工资；报酬v.开展；从事；进行(战争、运动) (1) 邮递员的工资为每周180英镑。(2) 在我们家里，丈夫和我都挣工资。(3) 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) 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。(5) 政府正在展开反对工业界性别歧视的运动。(6) 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。(7) 政府发誓要进行一场消灭贫穷和疾病的斗争。(8) 哪个国家也不想打核战争。 Wage is one of those words whose verb and noun forms have entirely different meanings. A worker's wage is how much money she makes. But when you wage something, you carry it out: for example, a warmonger is someone whose primary goal is to wage wars. The word is of Germanic origin, and it's related to both gage and wed, with their underlying meanings of "to pledge."

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英 [weɪdʒ] 美 [weɪdʒ] (1) A postman's wages are 180 per week.(2) In our family both my husband and I are wage earners.(3) In order to circumvent the straitjacket of national wage rates, employers in many cities offer non-pecuniary rewards to their workers.(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.(5) The government is waging a campaign against sex discrimination in industry.(6) 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.(7) The government has pledged itself to wage a war against poverty and disease.(8) No country wants to wage a nuclear war. If your job pays a good wage, it means that you earn a lot of money for the hard work you do. If you're not happy with your wage, you might have to wage war on your boss. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]工资；工钱 Someone's wages are the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do. His wages have gone up...他涨工资了。This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line.这可能会使将最低工资定得远高于贫困线的努力告吹。2[VERB 动词]开展，发动(运动或战争) If a person, group, or country wages a campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time.   [V n]...the three factions that had been waging a civil war...发动内战的三个派别They waged a price war.他们打起了价格战。Usage Note :When used as a noun, pay is a general word which you can use to refer to the money you get from your employer for doing your job. Manual workers are paid wages, or a wage. The plural is more common than the singular, especially when you are talking about the actual cash that someone receives. Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife. Wages are usually paid, and quoted, as an hourly or a weekly sum. ...a starting wage  of five dollars an hour. Professional people and office workers receive a salary, which is paid monthly. However, when talking about someone's salary, you usually give the annual figure. I'm paid a salary of £15,000 a year. Your income consists of all the money you receive from all sources, including your pay.pay 用作名词时，泛指从雇主处得到的工资或薪水。体力劳动者的工资通常用 wages 或 a wage表示，其中复数形式更为常见，尤其是表示实际拿到的现金时。例如，Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife (每周他都将自己领到的工资全部交给妻子)。wages 通常按小时或按周支付或计算：a starting wage of five dollars an hour (每小时5美元的起薪)。专业人士以及办公室职员的工资用 salary 表示，通常按月支付。但是在谈论某人的薪水时，通常用年薪来表示：I'm paid a salary of £ 15, 000 a year (我年薪为15, 000英镑)。 income 表示从各个来源获得的总收入，包括工资。

英语单词	wage
英美音标	英 [weɪdʒ] 美 [weɪdʒ]
中文释义	n.工资；报酬 v.开展；从事；进行(战争、运动)
英语例句	(1) A postman's wages are 180 per week. (2) In our family both my husband and I are wage earners. (3) In order to circumvent the straitjacket of national wage rates, employers in many cities offer non-pecuniary rewards to their workers. (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. (5) The government is waging a campaign against sex discrimination in industry. (6) 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. (7) The government has pledged itself to wage a war against poverty and disease. (8) No country wants to wage a nuclear war.
中文例句	(1) 邮递员的工资为每周180英镑。 (2) 在我们家里，丈夫和我都挣工资。 (3) 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) 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。 (5) 政府正在展开反对工业界性别歧视的运动。 (6) 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。 (7) 政府发誓要进行一场消灭贫穷和疾病的斗争。 (8) 哪个国家也不想打核战争。
vocabulary简明	If your job pays a good wage, it means that you earn a lot of money for the hard work you do. If you're not happy with your wage, you might have to wage war on your boss.
vocabulary扩展	Wage is one of those words whose verb and noun forms have entirely different meanings. A worker's wage is how much money she makes. But when you wage something, you carry it out: for example, a warmonger is someone whose primary goal is to wage wars. The word is of Germanic origin, and it's related to both gage and wed, with their underlying meanings of "to pledge."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]工资；工钱 Someone's wages are the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do. His wages have gone up... 他涨工资了。 This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line. 这可能会使将最低工资定得远高于贫困线的努力告吹。 2 [VERB 动词]开展，发动(运动或战争) If a person, group, or country wages a campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time. [V n] ...the three factions that had been waging a civil war... 发动内战的三个派别 They waged a price war. 他们打起了价格战。 Usage Note : When used as a noun, pay is a general word which you can use to refer to the money you get from your employer for doing your job. Manual workers are paid wages, or a wage. The plural is more common than the singular, especially when you are talking about the actual cash that someone receives. Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife. Wages are usually paid, and quoted, as an hourly or a weekly sum. ...a starting wage of five dollars an hour. Professional people and office workers receive a salary, which is paid monthly. However, when talking about someone's salary, you usually give the annual figure. I'm paid a salary of £15,000 a year. Your income consists of all the money you receive from all sources, including your pay. pay 用作名词时，泛指从雇主处得到的工资或薪水。体力劳动者的工资通常用 wages 或 a wage表示，其中复数形式更为常见，尤其是表示实际拿到的现金时。例如，Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife (每周他都将自己领到的工资全部交给妻子)。wages 通常按小时或按周支付或计算：a starting wage of five dollars an hour (每小时5美元的起薪)。专业人士以及办公室职员的工资用 salary 表示，通常按月支付。但是在谈论某人的薪水时，通常用年薪来表示：I'm paid a salary of £ 15, 000 a year (我年薪为15, 000英镑)。 income 表示从各个来源获得的总收入，包括工资。

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