Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #1404
wage
进行；发动；从事
to carry on or conduct (a war, battle, campaign, or similar contest)
常与 war、battle、campaign 等连用
- 1.
To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
进行或开展(战争或其他竞赛)。
- 2.
To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
冒险或投入以获取雇佣或报酬；出租。
- 3.
carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
进行(战争、战役或运动)
雇用；出租；进行或开展(战争或其他竞赛)。；冒险或投入以获取雇佣或报酬；出租。；进行(战争、战役或运动)；开展
In use
The charity wages an annual campaign to collect winter clothes for homeless people.
They waged a long battle against the new highway plan.
The students are waging a campaign to get more bicycles on campus.
Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe
Verb forms
base wage · third person wages · -ing waging · past waged · past participle waged
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- wage war
- 发动战争；向……开战
- The government decided to wage war on corruption.政府决定向腐败开战。
- wage a campaign
- 开展运动；发起活动
- They waged a campaign to raise awareness about climate change.他们开展了一场提高气候变化意识的运动。
- wage a battle
- 进行战斗；展开较量
- The team waged a fierce battle against the defending champions.这支队伍与卫冕冠军展开了激烈的较量。
- wage a struggle
- 进行斗争
- Workers waged a long struggle for better pay and conditions.工人们为争取更高的工资和更好的条件进行了长期斗争。
- wage a legal battle
- 打法律战；进行诉讼之争
- The company waged a legal battle over the patent.该公司就专利问题打了一场法律战。
- wage an offensive
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：wage 拼作 w + age，就像'到了打仗的年龄(age)'，要去 wage war（发动战争），wage 于是可记作'发动/进行'。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：新闻报道、政治演讲、历史叙述 wage 表示“进行、发动”，通常搭配 war、battle、campaign 等词，多用于正式或书面语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with 'wage' /weɪdʒ/, sharing the final /eɪdʒ/ sound, usually spelled 'age'. Be careful: not all '-age' words sound like this — e.g., 'village' /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/, 'language' /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/, and 'garage' /ɡəˈrɑːʒ/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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