well-paid

IPA/ˌwel ˈpeɪd/
IPA/ˌwel ˈpeɪd/

well-paid — 形容詞

1. receiving a generous amount of money for the work you do, or describing a positi

1.形容詞B1
釋義

高薪的

獲得高收入或提供高薪資的

receiving a generous amount of money for the work you do, or describing a position that provides a generous income to the person who holds it.

例句

Ryan turned down a well-paid offer in finance to start his own small bakery.

Ryan 拒絕了一份金融業的高薪工作，決定自己開一家小麵包店。

well-paid + offer / job / position (attributive use)

Constanza found a well-paid nursing position at a busy city hospital.

Constanza 在市中心一家忙碌的醫院找到了一份高薪的護理工作。

常見搭配
  • well-paid job
  • well-paid position
  • well-paid work
  • well-paid salary
  • well-paid employee
  • well-paid professional
  • well-paid career
同義詞
  • lucrative

    more formal; often describes a business, contract, or career path rather than directly describing a person's income.

  • high-paying

    more transparently compositional; 'high-paying job' is very common in American English, while 'well-paid worker' is also natural.

  • remunerative

    very formal register, rarely used in everyday speech; appears mostly in legal or financial writing.

反義詞
  • low-paid

    direct opposite; describes jobs or workers whose income is below average.

  • underpaid

    describes someone who earns less than the work is worth, not simply a low salary.

文法句型

well-paid + noun

be + well-paid

as well-paid as

用法筆記

Commonly used before nouns describing jobs, roles, or income (a well-paid position, a well-paid salary). Can also appear after linking verbs (the job is well-paid).

常見錯誤

She has a well job.
She has a well-paid job.
'well' alone is an adverb, not an adjective; the compound 'well-paid' is needed before the noun.
He is well-payed.
He is well-paid.
'pay' changes to 'paid' in the past-participle form; 'payed' is a rare nautical term, not used for money.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • well-paid job
  • well-paid position
  • well-paid work
  • well-paid role
  • well-paid career
  • well-paid profession

副詞搭配

  • extremely well-paid
  • very well-paid
  • reasonably well-paid
  • fairly well-paid
  • relatively well-paid

常用片語

  • well-paid employment
  • well-paid opportunity

介系詞搭配

  • well-paid for (e.g., well-paid for the work they do)