income
n[C, U]
money received over a certain period, esp as payment for work or as interest on investments 收入(某一段時(shí)間所得, 尤指工作報(bào)酬或投資收益)
a family with two incomes, eg when the husband and wife both do paid work 有雙份收入的家庭(如夫妻皆工作)
Tax is payable on all income over £2000. 收入超過2000英鎊者徵收所得稅.
high/low income groups 高[低]收入階層
a useful source of income for the charity 用作慈善事業(yè)的能解決問題的收入來源. income, NOTE ON USAGE 用法:
1 Income is the most general word for money we receive from work, investments, etc. 用以指從工作、 投資等所得的錢, income是最通用詞. It can be earned or unearned income. 這個(gè)詞可指掙來的收入, 也可指并非掙來的收入.
2 Pay is a general word for money we regularly receive from an employer for work done. *pay一般用以指雇主定期付給的工資. Pay-day is the day of the week/month when this money is received. *pay-day指每星期[每月]領(lǐng)取工資的日子.
3 Wages are paid weekly (sometimes daily) and usually in cash. *wages按星期(有時(shí)按日)發(fā)放, 通常為現(xiàn)款. They are based on an hourly, daily or weekly rate or on a certain amount of work done. *wages按小時(shí)、 日、 星期計(jì)算或按完成一定的工作量計(jì)算. Wage-earners are usually manual workers *wage-earners通常指體力勞動(dòng)者
A postman's wages are 180 per week. 郵遞員的工資為每周180英鎊.
4 A salary is paid monthly, often directly into a bank account. *salary按月支付, 常直接撥入領(lǐng)取者的銀行帳戶內(nèi). The amount of salary received is quoted at a yearly rate *salary的收入, 是指一年的收入
a salary of 12000 a year/per annum 每年12000英鎊的薪水. Professional people and those who work in offices receive a salary 專業(yè)人員和在辦公室工作的人員領(lǐng)取salary
The company is offering a salary of 20000 per annum. 這家公司招聘職員, 年薪為20000英鎊.
5 A fee is a payment to a lawyer, doctor, etc for professional services *fee是付給律師、 醫(yī)生等的報(bào)酬
I thought the accountant's fee rather high. 我認(rèn)為那個(gè)會(huì)計(jì)師收費(fèi)很高.