| 单词 | paid |
| 释义 | paid (peɪd ) 1. A1 Paid is the past tense and past participle of pay. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Paid workers, or people who do paid work, receive money for the work that they do. Apart from a small team of paid staff, the organisation consists of unpaid volunteers. ...tourist visas, which prohibit paid work. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 If you are given paid holiday, you get your wages or salary even though you are not at work. ...10 days' paid holiday for house hunting. He has been placed on a paid leave of absence while investigations are made. 4. adjective [adverb ADJECTIVE] B2 If you are well paid, you receive a lot of money for the work that you do. If you are badly paid, you do not receive much money. ...a well-paid accountant. Travel and tourism employees in the U.K. are among the worst paid in the developed world. Fruit-picking is boring, badly paid and very hard work. Synonyms: salaried, waged, rewarded, remunerated 5. put paid to sth phrase If an unexpected event puts paid to someone's hopes, chances, or plans, it completely ends or destroys them. [mainly British] ...a series of airforce strikes that put paid to the General's hopes of fighting on. Only six months ago I ran my own business. The recession put paid to that. Idioms: put paid to something [mainly British] to completely end or destroy someone's hopes, chances, or plans Great Britain gave a limp performance here last night that put paid to their chances of reaching the Olympic finals. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: paid position It's a paid position - no details on the salary, however. Houston Chronicle The positions of executive pastor or administrative pastor are now clearly the second highest paid position. Christianity Today If so, it's critically important to make sure the arrangement doesn't cross the line between an internship and a paid position. Christianity Today The ministerial code of conduct states that any paid position taken within two years of leaving office should be placed before the independent advisory committee on business appointments. Times, Sunday Times Though a paid position, he had to engage in the necessary fundraising to guarantee that he was indeed compensated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Volunteers outnumber the charity's paid staff by more than two to one. Times, Sunday Times We hosted numerous volunteer appreciation events at which the paid staff honored and thanked those who volunteered their time. Christianity Today This approach releases our paid staff to focus more on planning and development of leadership. Christianity Today They struggle on shoestring grants and the boundless goodwill of volunteers and poorly paid staff. Times, Sunday Times I had begun as the only paid staff person, and we gradually grew to five full-time pastors. Christianity Today The superintendent contract includes 20 paid vacation days annually plus paid sick days which accumulate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The law states, among other things, that an employee shall be entitled to 2.08 days of paid vacation for each month of employment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some other workfamily policies that could help the family and company include various scheduling options, such as paid vacation, flex schedules, working from home, part-time work, and job sharing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Workers have also been denied paid vacations that they were originally promised upon contracting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The external ones, like any employee, have five weeks of paid vacations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even on the weekend when we pay tribute to his past 25 years, he will still be looking to the future. The Sun I can't think of a better way to pay tribute to their friend. The Sun The build-up to this game had involved a manager love-in, with both bosses falling over themselves to pay tribute to the other. The Sun Everyone - actors especially - adored him, and here a host of famous names queue up to pay tribute to his memory. Times, Sunday Times Today we must pay tribute to his eyes. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 领工资的 Japanese: 支払い済みの |
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