wages

名词 wages:

1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
   同义词：reward, payoff

名词 wage:

1. something that remunerates
   同义词：wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary

动词 wage:

1. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
   同义词：engage, wage

1. How can I keep a family on such a miserable wage?
   我怎么能靠这麽可怜的工资养家？
2. I can hardly exist on the wage I'm getting; there is no money for luxuries.
   我靠我挣的工资简直难以　口，根本无钱享受。
3. How do they manage to subsist on such a low wage?
   他们这点工资怎么糊口？
4. We've decided to negotiate with the employers about our wage claim.
   我们决定就工资问题与雇主谈判。
5. A postman's wages are 180 per week.
   邮递员的工资为每周180英镑。
6. In our family both my husband and I are wage earners.
   在我们家里，丈夫和我都挣工资。
7. The government has pledged itself to wage a war against poverty and disease.
   政府发誓要进行一场消灭贫穷和疾病的斗争。
8. The government has introduced a wage freeze.
   政府已宣布要冻结工资。