Word · Frequency #1404
wages
工资；工钱；报酬
wages is the plural of wage.
核心释义
money paid to a worker for a particular amount of work, usually per hour
- 1.
按特定工作量支付给工人的金额,通常按小时计算并以每小时金额表示。
An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
- 2.
报酬
something that remunerates
报偿；回报；代价；按特定工作量支付给工人的金额,通常按小时计算并以每小时金额表示。；报酬；工资；报应
用法In use
The company pays a fair wage for part-time work.
用法提示：wage 作名词，指按工作支付的报酬。
He used his weekly wages to buy groceries.
用法提示：wages 是 wage 的复数形式，在此指每周领取的工资。
Workers are demanding a higher minimum wage.
用法提示：wage 作名词，表示按规定支付的工资，此处指最低工资标准。
wages were paid by check
a wage of + 金额
wage 是可数名词，常用 a wage of 引出具体金额，也可说 an hourly wage。
The factory pays a wage of $18 an hour.
这家工厂支付每小时18美元的工资。
wages for + 工作或时间
说明报酬是针对哪项工作时用 wages for sth，此时 wages 通常用复数。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- minimum wage
- 最低工资
- The government raised the minimum wage to $15 per hour.政府将最低工资提高到每小时15美元。
- living wage
- 生活工资
- Activists are fighting for a living wage for all workers.活动人士正在为所有工人争取生活工资。
- wage increase
- 加薪
- Employees are demanding a wage increase of 5%.员工要求加薪5%。
- wage gap
- 工资差距
- The wage gap between men and women is narrowing slowly.男女之间的工资差距正在缓慢缩小。
- hourly wage
- 小时工资
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
Wage（工资）含‘age’，年龄越大工资越高。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：employment、payment、labor agreement 作为名词时通常用于描述按时间（如周或日）支付的劳动报酬，语境中性，不特定于某一种语域。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end with the sound /eɪdʒ/, which matches the stressed vowel and final consonant of 'wage'. The common spelling chunk '-age' appears in all, though 'engage' has an unstressed prefix.
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级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。
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