Pay、wage、salary、income和earnings用法解析
1、 pay 用作名词时，泛指从雇主处得到的工资或薪水。pay在这组词中含义最广。
The job offers good rates of pay.这工作报酬高。
…their complaints about their pay and conditions.
他们对薪水和工作条件的不满
Her job is hard work, but the pay is good.
她工作虽辛苦，但薪水不低。
2、体力劳动者的工资（通常指按周领的工资）通常用 wages 或 a wage表示，其中复数形式更为常见，尤其是表示实际拿到的现金时。
例如，Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife (每周他都将自己领到的工资全部交给妻子)。
wages 通常按小时或按周支付或计算：a starting wage of five dollars an hour (每小时5美元的起薪)。
wages of £200 a week
一星期200英镑的工资
a weekly wage of £200
周薪200英镑
Wages are paid on Fridays.
每星期五发工资。
In addition to my weekly wage, I got a lot of tips.
除了每周的薪水外，我还能得到不少小费。
3、专业人士以及办公室职员的工资用 salary(通常指按月发放的薪水、薪金) 表示，通常按月支付。但是在谈论某人的薪水时，通常用年薪来表示：
I’m paid a salary of £ 15, 000 a year (我年薪为15, 000英镑)。
办公室工作人员、教师、医生等专业人员按月领取的薪金用salary，但通常以年薪表示。
The lawyer was paid a huge salary
那位律师薪酬很高。
4、income 表示从各个来源获得的总收入，包括工资。一般看作是可靠的固定收入。
Many families on low incomes will be unable to afford to buy their own home
许多低收入家庭将会买不起自己的房子。
Tourism is up, jobs are up, individual income is up
旅游火了，工作机会多了，个人收入涨了。
5、earnings
指薪水、工资、收入
earnings表示工作所得的报酬，不包括非劳动所得，例如银行存款的利息等
earnings指设法挣得的非固定收入。
Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.
去年他的收入减少了20%。
He was satisfied with his earnings as an accountant.
他对自己会计师的收入很满意。
House prices now look cheap relative to earnings
相对收入而言房价现在看起来比较便宜。
小编在此送给大家一句话：
keep trying no matter how hard it seems. it will get easier.
坚持不懈，难也变易。
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