a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker 薪金,薪水(尤指专业人员或白领的年薪)。 比较 wage he received a salary of £19,000. 他年薪19,000英镑。 [as modifier]a 15 per cent salary increase. 薪金增加15%。
(-ies, -ied)
[with obj.](archaic)pay a salary to (古)给…薪金
语源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal 'salt'