wages
n. 工资; 报酬; 薪金; 工钱; 工资( wage的名词复数 )
v. 开始( wage的第三人称单数 ); 发动; 进行; 继续(战争、战斗等)
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。
If a person, group, or country wages a campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time.
...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。
1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing;
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。
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。
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。
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。
Wages are low and the wastage rate of staff is high.
工资很低,员工的离职率很高。