1.[sing]（通常指按周领的）工资，工钱a regular amount of money that you earn, usually every week, for work or services
wages of £200 a week一星期 200 英镑的工资
a weekly wage of £200周薪 200 英镑
wage cuts减薪
a wage increase of 3%3% 的加薪
a wage rise of 3%3% 的加薪
wage demands/claims/settlements工资要求；工资和解协议
Wages are paid on Fridays.每星期五发工资。
There are extra benefits for people on low wages .低薪者有额外补助。
The staff have agreed to a voluntary wage freeze(= a situation in which wages are not increased for a time) .全体员工已经同意自愿冻结工资。
1.开始，发动，进行，继续（战争、战斗等）to begin and continue a war, a battle, etc.
The rebels have waged a guerrilla war since 2007.叛乱分子自 2007 年以来一直在进行游击战。
He alleged that a press campaign was being waged against him.他声称有人正在对他发起新闻攻势。
"With unemployment relatively high, there's no wage pressure, and until we see that, there's not a huge threat of inflation, " he said.
现在失业率还相对维持在高位，没有工资增长的压力，所以，只要我们能看到这一现象，就不会有通胀的巨大威胁。
It did not engineer this credit crunch to force low-wage, low-margin companies out of business. But that may be the upshot.
虽然政府不可能设计这么一场信贷危机来逼迫那些低工资，低效益的公司出局，但这也许正是这场危机的结局。
"Our family will not die from hunger, but cannot be fed with this wage level, " she said.
她讲“我们家人不会饿死，但这个工资水平无法让我们过上好日子”。
It is possible to earn a living wage as a waiter working 24 hours a week.
它是能够赢得一个生活工资作为一个侍者一星期工作24小时。
Ask how much artificial light you can earn with an hour of work at the average wage.
在平均工资水平下，一个人一小时的工作可以赚取多长时间的人工照明？
So, we expect that the second part of the year will not be very good in terms of wage growth.
所以，我们预期，今年下半年工资增长状况不会乐观。
Banking and asset management used to be perceived as fairly dull jobs, which did not attract a significant wage premium.
银行和资产管理过去一直被视为相当枯燥的工作，这并没有巨大的工资奖励。
The main breadwinner in her family, she used to work for a very low wage at a tea factory in Sri Lanka.
她家主要靠她赚钱维持生计，她曾在斯里兰卡一家茶场挣一份微薄的工资。
And despite some signs of wage pressure in a few cities, there is still a significant supply of underemployed labor around the country.
尽管在一些城市出现了用工荒，但是在全国范围内，未充分就业的劳动力供应依然充足。
The company said the wage deal offered to employees was among the highest in the region in similar industries.
诺基亚称，本次向工人们提供的工资协议是该地区同类行业中最高的。
India's technology firms seem to be maturing, with a combination of fierce competition and rising wage costs putting pressure on profits.
印度的技术公司似乎正在成熟，同时激烈的竞争和上涨的工资给利润造成压力。
Right now he is focused on trying to shift dirty, low-wage manufacturing out of Guangzhou to the countryside, where jobs are still scarce.
汪洋目前的重点是把肮脏的、低工资的制造业从广州转移到就业机会仍然稀缺的农村。
Germany, for instance, has long had a scheme that covers 60% of the gap between shorter hours and a full-time wage for up to six months.
例如，德国早已制定了一项计划：对六个月内全勤与缩短工时的薪水差额，政府给予60%的补贴。
Firms did not realise when they shifted operations to low-wage countries that some moves "would be almost irreversible" , says Mr Pisano.
皮萨诺说，当企业将业务转移到低工资国家时，他们没有意识到有些变化“几乎是不可逆的”。
He said the North made the wage demands considering the workers' productivity, and by looking at wage levels in other countries.
金泳卓说，北韩从工人生产力出发，并参考其它国家工资水平，提出加薪要求。
Rioters, he insisted, should be considered people who wage war against God. Such individuals, he said, should be punished by death.
他坚持说，应当把暴乱分子视为向上帝开战的恶徒。他说，根据伊斯兰法，这种人应当被处以死刑。
He had a pretty low-wage job. He was supporting his wife and a child, and the child was going to parochial school.
他有一份很低薪的工作，得养活妻子和一个孩子，孩子将要上教区学校。
Had heard that the wage will not be easy, although the early send the application, but she did not hold Too much hope.
早就听说今年打工会不容易，虽然早早寄了申请书，但是她不抱太大希望。
We cannot wage a perpetual campaign where the only goal is to see who can get the most embarrassing headlines about the other side.
我们不能永无休止地竞选，唯一的目的就是看谁能让另一方在媒体上最难堪。
About two dozen unionists staged a protest to call for the immediate setting up of a minimum wage and maximum working hours.
十二个工会团体集会，要求政府立即制订最低工资及标准工时。
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