n.

1. 薪水；报酬[P1]
   His wages are three hundred dollars a week.

   他的工资为每周三百美元。

2. 【古】（罪恶的）代价，报应[P]

vt.

1. 进行，从事[（+on/against）]
   England and Spain waged war for many years.

   英国和西班牙曾打过多年的战争。

vi.

1. 在开展中，在进行中

n.

1. a fixed regular payment for work, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis.
   ▸ (wages) Economics  the part of total production that is the return to labour as earned income as distinct from the remuneration received by capital as unearned income.
2. the result or effect of doing something wrong or unwise:
   the wages of sin.

v.