wade

verb

UK 

 /weɪd/ US 

 /weɪd/

[ I usually + adv/prep, T ] mainly UK

to walk through water or other liquid with some effort, because it is deep enough to come quite high up your legs, or thick

（在水中）艱難地行進，涉水，蹚

The river was full but we managed to wade across.河裡漲滿了水，但我們設法蹚過去了。

We waded a shallow river.我們涉水過了一條淺淺的小河。

They had to wade through a swamp.他們不得不艱難地步行穿過沼澤地。

[ I ] US

(UK paddle)

to walk in water that is not very deep

在淺水中蹚水（玩耍）

We rolled up our trousers and waded at the edge of the lake.我們卷起褲腳沿著湖邊蹚水而行。

片語動詞

wade in

wade into sth

wade through sth

vi.

不及物動詞

• 1.蹚，涉水而行[（+across）]They waded across the stream. 他們涉水過溪。
• 2.艱難地前進；費力地做完[（+through）]The lawyer had to wade through all the files. 律師得吃力地看完所有的案卷。
• 3.【口】插手，干預[（+in）]It wasn't his affair, but he waded in with his opinion. 那不關他的事兒，但他還是插進來大講他的意見。
• 4.【口】猛烈攻擊；精神飽滿地做[（+into）]The police waded into the crowd with their clubs. 警察揮舞警棍衝進人群。

vt.

及物動詞

• 1.蹚過，涉過The bridge was washed away and we had to wade the stream. 橋被沖走了，我們不得不蹚水過溪。

n.

名詞

• 1.跋涉，蹚水；艱難的行走[S]We went for a wade in the shallows. 我們到淺水處去蹚水。
• 2.（溪流的）淺水處；淺灘

同義詞

vi. & vt. 涉水，泡，浸，潑濺

·         walk through water

·         , ford

·         , traverse

·         , cross

·         , paddle

·         , bathe

·         , dip

·         , splash about

·         , slog

·         , slosh

·         , plod

vi. 開始工作，努力工作，埋頭於……

·         start in

·         , enter in

·         , set to

·         , set to work

·         , buckle down

·         , tackle to

·         , attack

·         , plunge into

vi. 鑽研，苦幹

·         wade through

·         , study

·         , read

·         , peruse

·         , pore over

·         , lucubrate

·         , plug away

·         , hammer away

·         , drudge

·         , grind

·         , toil

·         , plod

·         , peg

·         , fag

wade into精神飽滿地開始做

He waded into the morning's mail. 他精神飽滿地開始處理早晨的信件。

wade in【口】堅決努力著手做某事(尤指困難的事)

The job has to be done, so let's wade in immediately.

這件工作非做不可, 咱們說幹就幹吧。

wade through 費力地閱讀冗長或艱深的材料(無興致或樂趣)

I waded through that long report at last. 我終於看完了那篇長報告。

wage

noun [ S ]

UK 

 /weɪdʒ/ US 

 /weɪdʒ/

(also wages [ plural ])

B1

a particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength, rather than a job needing a college education

（尤指支付給體力勞動者並通常按週計算的）工資，工錢，報酬

a very low/high wage非常低／高的工資

an hourly/daily/weekly/annual wage按小時／日／週／年支付的工資

He gets/earns/is paid a good wage, because he works for a fair employer.他的薪水很不錯，因為他的老闆獎懲公平。

The job pays very low wages.這份工作薪水很低。

比較

income

salary

• Is she paid a regular wage or is it by commission only?
• Deadlock over wage levels has prevented an agreement being reached.
• There will be an increase in tax for those earning in excess of twice the national average wage.

basic wage基本工資

wage hike工資的增加

wage system工資制度，工資體系

Wage Level工資水準，薪金標準

living wage最低生活工資；糊口工資

frozen wage凍結工資

incentive wage增產獎勵工資；計件工資

wage earner靠工資為生的人；雇傭勞動者

wage level工資水準，薪金標準

low wage低工資

wage base[勞經] 工資基數

Wage Standard[勞經]

wage freeze[勞經] 工資凍結

wage income[勞經] 工資收入；工資所得

wage rate工資率

wage dispute工資爭議

wage structure[勞經] 工資結構

wage scale工資等級表

average wage平均工資

the wages of sinThe Wages of Sin was a 1929 drama film directed, written and produced by Oscar Micheaux. It was a race movie, featuring an all-black cast, headed by William A.

wage labor雇傭勞動；工資勞工

base wage[勞經] 基本工資

minimum wage最低工資

efficiency wage效率工資；計件工資

hourly wage計時工資，按時計酬

·         of course, it would be great to be able to offer all parents a living wage that would mean working only one job and provide more time with their children.

當然，能提供給所有的父母以最低生活工資會更好，這意味著只需要一份工作，那么他們就會有更多的時間來陪伴自己的孩子了。

·         what’s the minimum wage in this country?

這個國家的最低工資是多少？

·         she is responsible for the determination of wage levels within this company.

她負責確定這家公司職員的工資標準.

·         take out a blank sheet of paper, the 「time budget」 you prepared yesterday, and the approximate hourly wage you calculated earlier.

拿出一張空白的紙,你昨天準備好的「時間預算」以及你早先算好的你每小時的實際工資.

·         we simply compound, you can see the year in which each country may catch the wage of us.

我們簡單相加，你能看到在這幾年里,每個國家都可能達到美國的工資水平。

·         in europe, although wage restraint has kept costs down and employment up, especially in germany, it has also kept consumer spending down.

在歐洲，雖然工資控制使得成本下降，就業率上升（特別是德國），但是它也抑制了消費者的支出。

·         but this is hard to do when countries find themselves squeezed between low wage competitors in poor countries and cutting edge innovators in rich countries.

但做得這一點是困難的，國家會發現自己擠在貧困國家的低工資競爭者和富有國家的前沿創新者之間。

·         the bls culls its information from surveys it mails to businesses, and it releases its occupational employment and wage estimates data each may.

勞工統計局從它郵寄給企業的調查中挑選出信息，每年五月份公布職業與工資評估數據。

·         workers at the bottom of the wage scale have seen their incomes fall relative to those at the top.

那些低收入的工人已經看到，相對於那些高收入者他們的工資是在下降。

·         they agreed on the broad outlines of a wage settlement.

他們就工資解決的辦法達成框架協議.

·         his job, if he has one, no longer gives him the hope of wage gains.

他的工作如果他有一個不再給他工資增加的希望。

·         his meager wage is not enough to support their five children.

靠他一個人的微薄工資不足以養活他們的五個孩子。

·         the 「subsistence」 wage itself might rise, for example.

「維持生計」的工資本身可能增加，例如。

·         the two parties of labour and capital have bargained a new wage increase.

勞資雙方經談判達成再次增加工資的協議。

·         we will continue to do so in the future and try to determine appropriate wage levels in close dialogue with our employees.

他說，我們以后還要繼續這樣做，努力在制定恰當的工資水平時與員工保持密切對話。

·         by now, on past form, wage pressures should be starting to burst through.

到目前為止，按過去的形式，工資壓力應該開始爆發了。

·         wage differences in the two areas are widening.

兩個地區的工資差距正在拉大。

·         the low wage had warmed the worker to strike.

低工資使工人憤怒得要罷工。

·         the report shows the swiss are among the world's top wage earners.

報告顯示瑞士人的工資收入位列世界最高水平。

·         however, there is plenty of argument over whether a rise in the minimum wage is the best remedy.

然而，對通過提高最低工資來改善泰國經濟是否是最佳的方式，仍存在許多爭論。

·         this use case receives data from tax and wage as noted in the initial claim use case.

正如最初索賠申請用例所提到的那樣，本用例從稅務或工資系統得到數據。

·         we have two wage earners in the family.

我們家有兩個人掙錢。

·         the wage due to him will be paid tomorrow.

他應得的工資明天付給他。

·         women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields.

女性在很多領域還沒能爭取到薪金、職位方面的平等。

·         such measures are needed to equalize wage rates between countries.

需要采取這樣的措施實現各國工資率的均等。

·         a wage freeze was imposed on all staff earlier this month.

這個月早些時候，所有員工的工資都被凍結了。

wage

verb [ T ]

   formal

UK 

 /weɪdʒ/ US 

 /weɪdʒ/

to fight a war or organize a series of activities in order to achieve something

發動（戰爭）；組織，籌備（活動）

Doesn't the president need Congress' permission to wage war on another country?想必總統須得到國會的許可才能對他國發動戰爭吧？

They've been waging a long campaign to change the law.他們為修改這一法律已組織發起了一場持久的運動。