money that employees receive for doing their job, especially professional employees or people working in an office, usually paid every month 薪金,薪水(尤指按月發放的) an annual salary of $40 000 4 萬美元的年薪 The average monthly salary for an unskilled worker is $550. 非熟練工人的平均月薪是550美元。 - on a salary (of something)
She's on a salary of £24 000. 她的薪金是 24 000 英鎊。 She earned a six-figure salary. 她掙了六位數的工資。 a 9 per cent salary increase 9%的加薪 - (British English)
He gets a basic salary plus commission. 他領取基本薪金,外加傭金。 - (North American English)
base salary 底薪 Chemical engineering grads are expected to get the biggest starting salaries. 化學工程畢業生有望獲得最高的起薪。 the closure of final salary pension schemes 最終工資養老金計劃的終止 We have no money to pay staff salaries. 我們沒錢支付員工工資。 The CEO received a salary of $1 million. 首席執行官獲得了100萬美元的工資。 The average annual salary for those jobs was $90 721. 這些工作的平均年薪爲90 721美元。
Synonyms incomeincome 收入 - wage/wages
- pay
- salary
- earnings
- income money that a person receives for their work, or from investments or business:
people on low incomes 低收入的人
- wage/wages money that employees get for doing their job, usually paid every week or every month:
a weekly wage of £200 周薪 200 英鎊
- pay money that employees earn for doing their job:
The job offers good rates of pay. 這工作報酬高。
- salary
money that employees earn for doing their job, usually paid every month. 通常指按月發放的薪水、薪金
wage, pay or salary? Pay is the most general of these three words. In the past, employees who worked in factories, shops etc. got their wages each week, often paid in cash. These days they are more likely to be paid each month, directly into their bank account, but the term wage is still used for these kinds of jobs. Employees who work in offices or professional people such as teachers or doctors receive a salary that is paid each month, but is usually expressed as an annual figure.用 wage、pay 還是 salary? - earnings money that a person earns from their work:
a rise in average earnings for factory workers 工廠工人平均收入的增加
- (a) high/low/basic income/wage/pay/salary/earnings
- to earn an income/a wage/your pay/a salary
- to be on a(n) income/wage/salary of…
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea2, Moneya2It's impossible to bring up a family on such a low salary. 靠如此低的薪水養活一家人是不可能的。 US tech workers command six-figure salaries. 美國的技術工人拿六位數的薪水。 Mr Kerry continued to draw his salary during the time of his absence. 克裏先生不上班的時候還繼續領薪水。 She raised his salary to $36 000. 她把他的薪水加到 36,000 美元。 The position is rewarded with a generous salary package. 這一職位的薪資待遇非常好。 The salary cap will be set at $49.5 million. 最高薪資將設在 4,950 萬美元。 Top salaries are liable for a higher rate of tax. 高薪的納稅率更高。 What salary band will I be on after two years in the company? 在公司工作兩年後我的薪水會在哪個等級? Workers are being asked to take a cut in salary. 員工們被要求接受降薪。 Your pension will be based on a proportion of your final salary. 你的退休金以最終薪金爲基礎按一定比例給付。 Texas has the lowest teacher salaries in America. 德克薩斯州的教師工資是美國最低的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- generous
- good
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- pay (somebody)
- command
- earn
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- increase
- rise
- package
- hike
- increase
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- on a salary
- an increase in salary
- a raise in salary
- a rise in salary
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal ‘salt’.