Word · Frequency #1404
wages
工资；工钱；报酬
wages is the plural of wage.
money paid to a worker for a particular amount of work, usually per hour
- 1.
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.
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。
- 2.
something that remunerates
报酬
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
In use
The company pays a fair wage for part-time work.
He used his weekly wages to buy groceries.
Workers are demanding a higher minimum wage.
wages were paid by check
Connections
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
- She earns an hourly wage of $20 at the factory.她在工厂每小时工资为20美元。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Wage（工资）含‘age’，年龄越大工资越高。
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。
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.
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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