wage

1. N-COUNT Someone's wages are the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do. 工资

His wages have gone up. 他的工资涨了。

2. V-T If a person, group, or country wages a campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time. 发动 (运动或战争)

The government, along with the three factions that had been waging a civil war, signed a peace agreement. 政府和发动了内战的3方一起签订了1份和平协议。