salary: [14] Salary goes back to a Latin word that originally denoted an ‘allowance given to Roman soldiers for buying salt’ (salt being in former times a valued commodity, over which wars were fought, rather than taken for granted as it is today). This was salārium, a derivative of sāl ‘salt’. It soon broadened out to mean ‘fixed periodic payment for work done’, and passed in this sense via Anglo-Norman salarie into English. => salt
salary (n.)
late 13c., "compensation, payment," whether periodical, for regular service or for a specific service; from Anglo-French salarie, Old French salaire "wages, pay, reward," from Latin salarium "salary, stipend, pension," originally "salt-money, soldier's allowance for the purchase of salt," noun use of neuter of adjective salarius "pertaining to salt," from sal (genitive salis) "salt" (see salt (n.)). Japanese sarariman "male salaried worker," literally "salary-man," is from English.
salary (v.)
"to pay a regular salary to," late 15c., from salary (n.). Related: Salaried, which as an adjective in reference to positions originally was contrasted with honorary; lately with hourly.
雙語例句
1. You get a big salary incentive and free board and lodging too.
你們能獲得大筆激勵性薪水，還可享受免費膳宿。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I got a fantastic new job and my salary tripled.
我得到了一份非常好的新工作，薪水漲到了原來的3倍。
來自柯林斯例句
3. His salary was obscene for three 40-minute shows a week.
他一周只有3次節目，每次40分鐘，但他的薪水實在高得離譜。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The ￡103 is deducted from Mrs Adams' salary every month.
這103英鎊每月從亞當斯夫人的工資里扣掉。
來自柯林斯例句
5. My salary was around ￡9,000 plus a car and expenses.