/weɪdʒ ||; wedʒ/noun [sing] (also wages plural) the regular amount of money that you earn for a week's work （一周的）工资: a weekly wage of £200 每周工资200英镑What's the national minimum wage (= the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay by law)? 全国的最低工资是多少？ ☞ Wage in the singular is mainly used to talk about the amount of money paid or when the word is combined with another, for example ‘wage packet’, ‘wage rise’, etc. Wages in the plural means the money itself I have to pay the rent out of my wages. Look at the note at pay ². wage作单数用时主要是指工资的金额，或与其他词语连用，例如wage packet、wage rise等。作复数用时wages则指工资：I have to pay the rent out of my wages. 我必须用部份工资支付租金。参看pay^2的注释。