名詞 wage:

1. something that remunerates
   同義詞：pay, earnings, remuneration, salary

動(dòng)詞 wage:

1. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
   同義詞：engage

1. How can I keep a family on such a miserable wage?
   我怎么能靠這麼可憐的工資養(yǎng)家？
2. I can hardly exist on the wage I'm getting; there is no money for luxuries.
   我靠我掙的工資簡(jiǎn)直難以　口，根本無(wú)錢享受。
3. How do they manage to subsist on such a low wage?
   他們這點(diǎn)工資怎么糊口？
4. We've decided to negotiate with the employers about our wage claim.
   我們決定就工資問(wèn)題與雇主談判。
5. A postman's wages are 180 per week.
   郵遞員的工資為每周180英鎊。
6. In our family both my husband and I are wage earners.
   在我們家里，丈夫和我都掙工資。
7. The government has pledged itself to wage a war against poverty and disease.
   政府發(fā)誓要進(jìn)行一場(chǎng)消滅貧窮和疾病的斗爭(zhēng)。
8. The government has introduced a wage freeze.
   政府已宣布要凍結(jié)工資。

wage

n.（名詞）
Payment for labor or services to a worker, especially remuneration on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis or by the piece.
工資：為勞動(dòng)或服務(wù)伏給一個(gè)工人的報(bào)酬，尤指按小時(shí)、天數(shù)或周給或按工作量給
wages The portion of the national product that represents the aggregate paid for all contributing labor and services as distinguished from the portion retained by management or reinvested in capital goods.
wages 工資總額：國(guó)民生產(chǎn)總值的一部分，表示付給所有有價(jià)值的工作或服務(wù)的報(bào)酬總額，以用來(lái)區(qū)分于因管理或再投入到貨幣資本的那部分國(guó)民生產(chǎn)總值
Often wages (used with a sing. or pl. verb)A fitting return; a recompense:
常作 wages （與單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）報(bào)酬：合適的報(bào)酬；酬勞：
例句：
the wages of sin.
罪惡的報(bào)應(yīng)

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
waged,wag.ing,wag.es
To engage in (a war or campaign, for example).
從事于（如戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)或戰(zhàn)役）

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old North French
源自 古法國(guó)北方方言
[of Germanic origin]
[日耳曼語(yǔ)源]