wage
/weɪdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · /weɪdʒ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈwāj/ (ame, mw)
wage — 名詞
1. money that someone earns, usually each week, for doing work that involves practi
工資
通常按週支付給體力或技能勞動者的薪資
money that someone earns, usually each week, for doing work that involves practical or physical skills rather than professional knowledge gained through a university education.
Nikos earns a good wage working as an electrician for a construction company.
Nikos 在一家建築公司當電工，賺的工資不錯。
collocation: 'earn a good wage'
The hotel pays its cleaning staff a starting wage of fifteen dollars per hour.
那間旅館付給清潔人員的起薪是每小時十五美元。
pattern: 'starting wage of [amount] per hour'
Bao took a night shift because the wage was double what he made during the day.
Bao 接了夜班，因為夜班工資是他白天工作時薪的兩倍。
Factory workers at the plant are demanding higher wages and better safety measures.
這間工廠的工人正在要求提高工資並改善安全措施。
Zuri's weekly wage barely covers her rent and food costs in the city.
Zuri 每週的工資幾乎不夠支付她在城市的房租和伙食費。
- salary
a fixed regular payment, typically monthly and for professional workers — salary is not tied to hours worked
- pay
the most general term for money received for work — can refer to any form of employment income
- earnings
the total amount of money someone makes from work or investments — less specific about how or when it is paid
文法句型
wage + noun
wages for/of + noun
用法筆記
Wage usually refers to money paid weekly to workers who do physical or practical jobs, while salary is paid monthly to professional or office workers. The plural form wages is common when talking about the total amount earned, especially in phrases like 'low wages' or 'wage increase.'
常見錯誤
wage — 動詞
- wagepresent simple I / you / we / they
- wages3rd person singular
- waging-ing form
- wagedpast simple
1. to start and continue an organized effort such as a war, campaign, or legal batt
發動；進行
持續進行戰爭、運動或法律行動以達成目標
to start and continue an organized effort such as a war, campaign, or legal battle over a period of time in order to reach a goal.
The government has been waging a war against drug trafficking for more than a decade.
政府發動打擊毒品販運的戰爭已超過十年。
pattern: 'wage a war against + noun'
Local environmental groups are waging a campaign to protect the forest from logging.
當地環保團體正在發起一場保護森林免受砍伐的運動。
pattern: 'wage a campaign to + infinitive'
The Ayala family waged a long legal battle to keep their farmland from being sold.
Ayala 一家人打了一場漫長的法律戰，只為了保住他們的農地不被出售。
The two neighbouring countries waged war for eight years before signing a peace treaty.
這兩個鄰國打了八年的仗，最後才簽署和平條約。
Christopher waged a personal struggle against the illness for nearly five years.
Christopher 與疾病進行了近五年的個人抗爭。
文法句型
wage + noun (war/campaign/battle/struggle)
wage + noun + against + noun
用法筆記
Wage is transitive — it always needs an object such as war, campaign, battle, struggle, or effort. It cannot be used alone. Common in news reports and formal writing. The phrase 'wage war' is by far the most frequent collocation.