| 单词 | wage |
| 释义 | wage (once / 139 pages) 1n 2v If your job pays a good wage, it means that you earn a lot of money for the hard work you do. If you're not happy with your wage, you might have to wage war on your boss. Wage is one of those words whose verb and noun forms have entirely different meanings. A worker's wage is how much money she makes. But when you wage something, you carry it out: for example, a warmonger is someone whose primary goal is to wage wars. The word is of Germanic origin, and it's related to both gage and wed, with their underlying meanings of "to pledge." WORD FAMILYwage: waged, wages, waging USAGE EXAMPLESAnother possible target: The automatic increases to the state’s minimum wage that start in 2018. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Andrew Puzder, a restaurant executive set to serve as labor secretary, will face scrutiny for past comments on the minimum wage, among other policies. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Labor groups, frustrated by the Republican Congress, will no doubt intensify their push for city and county minimum wages instead. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n something that remunerates 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper earnings, pay, remuneration, salary combat pay extra pay for soldiers engaged in active combat double timea doubled wage (for working overtime) foundfood and lodging provided in addition to money half-payreduced wage paid to someone who is not working full time living wagea wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably merit payextra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers) minimum wagethe lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law pay envelope, pay packetwages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner sick paywages paid to an employee who is on sick leave strike paymoney paid to strikers from union funds take-home paywhat is left of your pay after deductions for taxes and dues and insurance etc regular payment a payment made at regular times v carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe Syn|Hypo|Hyper engage offer, provide, put up mount or put up contend, fight, struggle be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight |
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