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

• Overseas, he is best known for waging a legal battle against Danone, the French food group.
  在海外，宗庆后最出名的是发动了与法国食品集团达能（Danone）的法律战。
• 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。
• I will not yield. I will not rest. I will not relent in waging this struggle for the freedom and security of the American people.
  我不会屈服，不会停步，为了美国人民的自由和安全，我要顽强地斗争，永不停息。
• He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.
  他们放弃设在这里的政府，宣称我们已不属他们保护之列，并向我们发动战争。
• 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。
• But the pro-government hackers have still been publicly waging cyber war against Assad regime opponents.
  SEA对此予以否认，但这些亲政府的黑客们仍公开与阿萨德政权的反对者大打网络战。
• 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。
• We have been waging a desperate campaign against the drug pusher.
  我们已经发起一场运动，与贩毒分子作殊死斗争。
• The two countries are waging an endless war.
  这两个国家正在进行一场无休止的战争。
• Get out of your inbox and get productive. Stop waging the email war.
  从你的收件箱中摆脱出来，让自己更有效率。不要再卷入邮件大战中了。