wages

1. N-COUNT 工资;工钱
   Someone's wages are the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do.
   1. His wages have gone up...
      他涨工资了。
   2. 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 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.
   1. ...the three factions that had been waging a civil war...
      发动内战的三个派别
   2. They waged a price war.
      他们打起了价格战。

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。

1. In absolute terms British wages remain low by European standards.
   根据欧洲标准，英国工资的绝对值依然很低。
2. Families round here are at breaking point. They have been on half wages since October
   这附近的家庭已经忍无可忍了。从10月以来他们就一直只领一半的薪水。
3. In other comparable countries real wages increased much more rapidly
   在其他具有可比性的国家，实际工资上涨更快。
4. Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.
   工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度，从而消耗了利润所得。
5. Francis fined him two weeks 'wages and said:' That's the end of the matter. '
   弗朗西斯扣了他两个星期的工资，然后说：“事情到此为止。”
6. Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.
   工资已被冻结，工人也下岗了。
7. Things were difficult, and we needed her wages to keep going.
   日子很艰难，我们要靠她的工资来维持生活。
8. That, in turn would increase pressure for higher wages and that, in turn, would impact on inflation and competition.
   那样就会增加工资上涨的压力，而那样又会对通货膨胀和竞争产生影响。
9. Minimum pensions and wages are to be indexed to inflation.
   最低养老金和最低工资要与通货膨胀挂钩。
10. The dispute is about wages, working conditions and the management of the mining industry.
    这场争论围绕着工资、工作条件以及矿业管理展开。
11. He sweetened the pill by increasing wages, although by slightly less than he raised prices.
    他提高了工资以使人们更易接受，尽管涨幅略低于他的价格升幅。
12. The farmers pay pitiful wages, often in the form of food and clothes.
    农场主支付的报酬少得可怜，还经常是以食物和衣服的形式。
13. East German wages were converted at the rate of one old East mark for one Deutschmark.
    东德的工资兑换比率是一个旧东德马克兑换一个德国马克。
14. Split the wages between you
    工钱由你们两人平分。
15. Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%
    官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
16. This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
    这就使得首相和他的前任们一样，急于削减工资。
17. It's the wages that count. Not over-generous, but there you are
    重要的是工钱，不要过于慷慨，但也没办法。
18. The state, it is true, gave money towards their wages. Nevertheless the whole process had not been organized properly
    诚然，政府已经拨款支付他们的工资。但整个过程没有组织妥当。
19. Increasing unionization led to demands for higher wages and shorter hours.
    随着工会越来越壮大，有了提高工资、缩短工作时间的要求。
20. His wages have gone up
    他涨工资了。
21. Wages are low and the wastage rate of staff is high.
    工资很低，员工的离职率很高。
22. Members of the service staff shall be exempt from dues and taxes on the wages which they receive for their services.
    服务人员就其服务所得之工资免纳捐税。
23. I was due for a raise when they put a freeze on wages.
    我正好应当涨工资，他们却实行了工资冻结。
24. His wages are adequate to support three people.
    他的工资够养活三口人。
25. They kept back 80 dollars from my wages for trade union membership dues.
    他们从我的工资中扣下80元钱交工会会费。
26. His boss advanced him ￡ 10 against next week's wages.
    老板给他预支了10英镑下周的工资。
27. In absolute terms, wages have risen, but not in comparison with the cost of living.
    从绝对意义上说，工资是提高了，但同生活费用相比较就不能这样说了。
28. They have hiked wages.
    他们已经增加了工资。
29. One fifth of my wages go in tax.
    我工资的五分之一交了税。
30. My employer deducted ten pounds from my wages this week.
    我的雇主从我本周的工钱中扣除了十英镑。

noun

1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
   1. the wages of sin is death
   2. virtue is its own reward

   Synonym:    rewardpayoff