waging

英 [ˈweɪdʒɪŋ]

美 [ˈweɪdʒɪŋ]

v.  开始，发动，进行，继续(战争、战斗等)
wage的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 工资;工钱
  Someone'swagesare the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do.
  1. His wages have gone up...
     他涨工资了。
  2. This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line.
     这可能会使将最低工资定得远高于贫困线的努力告吹。
• VERB 开展，发动(运动或战争)
  If a person, group, or countrywagesa campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time.
  1. ...the three factions that had been waging a civil war...
     发动内战的三个派别
  2. They waged a price war.
     他们打起了价格战。

When used as a noun,payis a general word which you can use to refer to the money you get from your employer for doing your job. Manual workers are paidwages, ora wage. The plural is more common than the singular, especially when you are talking about the actual cash that someone receives.Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife.Wagesare usually paid, and quoted, as an hourly or a weekly sum....a starting wage of five dollars an hour.Professional people and office workers receive asalary, which is paid monthly. However, when talking about someone's salary, you usually give the annual figure.I'm paid a salary of £15,000 a year.Yourincomeconsists of all the money you receive from all sources, including your pay.
pay 用作名词时，泛指从雇主处得到的工资或薪水。体力劳动者的工资通常用 wages 或 a wage表示，其中复数形式更为常见，尤其是表示实际拿到的现金时。例如，Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife (每周他都将自己领到的工资全部交给妻子)。wages 通常按小时或按周支付或计算：a starting wage of five dollars an hour (每小时5美元的起薪)。专业人士以及办公室职员的工资用 salary 表示，通常按月支付。但是在谈论某人的薪水时，通常用年薪来表示：I'm paid a salary of £ 15, 000 a year (我年薪为15, 000英镑)。 income 表示从各个来源获得的总收入，包括工资。

双语例句

• I have not wronged you, but you are doing me wrong by waging war against me.
  原来我没有得罪你，你却攻打我，恶待我。
• The right-wing press was waging a vendetta against the mayor.
  右翼报刊出于宿怨对市长进行攻击。
• For one country to accuse another of waging a currency war in 2013 is therefore absurd.
  从这点来说，2013年一个国家指责另一个国家发动货币战争是荒谬的。
• The police are waging war against crime in the city.
  警察正在与城里的犯罪行为作斗争。
• The government is now waging a public information campaign to encourage safe practices in the handling of poultry.
  政府目前正在开展一场公众宣传运动，以鼓励在处理家禽中采取安全的做法。
• WAGING a war against an enemy equipped as well as you are is a hard enough proposition.
  如果敌人的装备和你自己差不多，同他作战已经够困难了。
• Back in the 1930s, it was obvious who was waging a currency war.
  首先，回到上世纪30年代，很明显谁发动了货币战争。
• Airbus and Boeing are waging a brutal price war to access emerging markets and to roll out new aircraft.
  为了打入新兴市场和推广新飞机，空客与波音正在进行激烈的价格战。
• The president is waging a campaign to win over organized labor.
  总统开展了一场运动以赢得工会工人的支持。
• President Bush says Colombia is waging an aggressive campaign against terrorists who do not respect national sovereignty or borders.
  布什总统说，哥伦比亚正在发动攻势，打击那些不尊重国家主权和边界的恐怖分子。