pay/salary/wages
The men who worked for extra hours got extra pay.
pay, salary 和 wages 都作“工资”解, 是否可以互换?
pay 是“工资”“工作报酬”的总称。而 salary 和 wages 是它的下位概念,即:
pay(工资) [A. salary(白领工人,科学技术人员的工资,尤指年薪)]
pay(工资) {B. wages(普通工人、低级雇员的工资,尤指日薪、周薪、月薪)
因此,它们三者之间一般是不能互换的:
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Do men and women have the same pay when they do the same job? 当男士和女士做相同工作时,他们得到的报酬相同吗? /男女能同工同酬吗?
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Everyone's pay will be increased by next year. 明年每个人的工资都会增长 。pay(v.)
get paid
Cleaning women in big cities usually get ____ by the hour.
A. pay B. paying C. paid D. to pay(全国高考,98-23)
答案为 C。但是 get paid 是什么意思呢?
做此题首先要懂得 pay 在主动句中的用法: pay sb. 是指“给某人付款”“给某人付酬”“付钱给某人”。例如:
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I paid the driver and got out of the taxi. 我向司机付了钱,下了出租车。
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How soon can you pay me for the work? 你要多久才付给我工钱?其次,要明白 get + 过去分词可以构成被动态(参见 get )。get paid 是指“被付款”“领工资”“取酬”的意思。
We get paid by the hour. 我们按小时领工资(取酬)。
上题中的 get paid 在结构上相当于 are paid。
[试题句意]大城市的清洁女工通常是按小时领工资的。
请做下面的英语试题:
She is one of the few girls who ____ in the kindergarten.
A. is well paid B. are well paid C. is paying well D. are paying well(上海高考,94-17)(关于答案,见 one of + 复数名词)