income noun ⇨income (people on low incomes)⇨revenue (a source of income)
income
noun
➡ See also the entry for ⇨ revenue另见revenue条income ♦︎ wage/wages ♦︎ pay ♦︎ salary ♦︎ earningsThese are all words for money that a person earns or receives for their work.这些词均表示收入、工资、薪水。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆(a) high / low / basic income / wage / wages / pay / salary / earnings◆(a) good income / wage / wages / pay / salary / earnings◆(an) inadequate income / wage / wages / pay / salary◆(a / an) meagre / average income / wage / wages / pay / salary / earnings◆to receive an income / a wage / wages / pay / a salary / earnings◆to get an income / a wage / wages / a salary◆to earn an income / a wage / wages / your pay / a salary◆to pay / give sb an income / a wage / wages / a salary◆to have / live off an income / a wage / wages / a salary / earnings◆to be on an income / a wage / wages / a salary■income [countable, uncountable] money that a person receives for their work, or from investments or business收入；收益；所得◆Organic food is simply not affordable for people on low incomes.低收入者根本买不起有机食品。◆They have a weekly disposable income(= the money that is left to spend after tax) of £200.他们每周有200英镑的可支配收入。◆She is definitely in the higher income bracket.她绝对属于高收入阶层。ⓘ Income is also money received by a company or country from their business or investments. * income也指公司或国家得自商业或投资的收益。 see also income ⇨ revenue, money ⇨ money1■wage [countable] ( wages [plural]) money that employees get for doing their job, usually paid every week（通常按周领取的）工资，工钱◆There are extra benefits for people on low wages.低薪者有额外补助。◆He gets a weekly wage of £300.他周薪300英镑。◆She earns £120 a week, which is nothing like a living wage(= a wage that is high enough for sb to buy the things they need in order to live).她每周挣120英镑，根本不够维持基本生活。◆a minimum wage(= the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay by law)法定最低工资■pay [uncountable] money that employees get for doing their job工资；薪水◆Her job is hard work, but the pay is good.她工作虽辛苦，但薪水不低。◆The job offers good rates of pay and excellent conditions.这工作报酬高，条件一流。◆ (BrE) a 3% pay rise百分之三的加薪◆ (NAmE) a 3% pay raise百分之三的加薪 see also pay ⇨ payverb■salary [countable] money that employees get for doing their job, usually paid every month or twice a month（通常按月发放或每月发两次的）薪金，薪水◆He gets a basic salary plus commission.他领取基本薪金，外加佣金。◆What salary band will I be on after two years in the company?在公司工作两年后我的薪水会在哪个等级？NOTE辨析 Wage, pay or salary?Pay is the most general of these three words. Employees who work in factories, shops, etc. get their wages each week. Employees who work in offices or professional people such as teachers or doctors receive a salary that is paid monthly (in Britain) or twice a month (in Canada and the US), but is usually expressed as an annual figure. * pay在这三个词中含义最广。wages指在工厂、店铺等工作的雇员按周领取的工钱。salary指办公室工作人员或教师、医生等专业人员按月领取的薪金（英国每月发放一次，加拿大和美国每月发放两次），但通常以年薪表示◆She's on a(n annual) salary of over $80 000.她年薪超过8万元。■earnings [plural] money that a person earns from their work薪水；工资◆There has been a definite rise in average earnings for factory workers.工厂工人的平均收入有了明显增加。◆She received compensation for loss of earnings caused by the accident.她得到了由于事故造成收入损失的赔偿。 see also earnings ⇨ profit, earn ⇨ make3NOTE辨析 Income or earnings?A person's earnings are money that they have earned for doing a job. They do not include unearned income which the person did nothing to earn, such as interest on a savings account at a bank. An income is typically seen as a regular amount that you can rely on. Earnings are whatever sb manages to earn and may vary from month to month or year to year. * earnings指工作所得的报酬，不包括非劳动所得(unearned income)，例如银行存款的利息等。income一般看作是可靠的固定收入，earnings则可能是非固定收入。
revenue
noun
➡ See also the entry for ⇨ income另见income条revenue ♦︎ income ♦︎ turnover ♦︎ proceeds ♦︎ receipts ♦︎ takings ♦︎ takeThese are all words for money that is received from taxes or from selling goods or services.这些词均表示税收或销售等方面的收入、收益、进账。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the revenue / income / turnover / proceeds / receipts / takings / take from sth◆the gross / net / total revenue / income / turnover / proceeds / receipts / takings / take◆the expected / annual revenue / income / turnover / proceeds / receipts◆the potential / overall revenue / income / turnover◆a large / substantial / low / small revenue / income / turnover◆to increase / boost / reduce (your) revenue / your income / turnover◆to spend / use your revenue / your income / the proceeds◆to bring in / generate / produce revenue / an income◆revenue / income / turnover / receipts is / are up / down■revenue / /ˈrevənjuː; NAmEˈrevənuː/ [uncountable, countable] (ratherformal) the money that a government receives from taxes or that a company or country receives from its business or investments财政收入；税收收入；收益◆The government is currently facing a shortfall in tax revenue.政府目前有税收缺口。◆Advertising revenue finances the commercial television channels.广告收入给商业电视频道提供资金。◆ (business商业) The company's annual revenues rose by 30% last year.公司的年收入增加了30%。■income [countable, uncountable] the money that a company or country receives from its business or investments（公司或国家的）收入，收益，所得◆The company has an income of around $10 million a year.该公司年收入约1 000万元。◆Tourism is the island's main source of income.旅游业是这个岛的主要收入来源。NOTE辨析 Revenue or income?If you are talking about tax, use revenue. Otherwise, you can use either word, but revenue is more formal. Income is also used to talk about money that a person earns.指税收收入用revenue，其他情况下两个词可通用，但revenue更正式。income亦指个人收入。➡ See also the entry for ⇨ income另见income条■turnover /ˈtɜːnəʊvə(r); NAmEˈtɜːrnoʊvər/ [countable, usually singular, uncountable] (business商业) the money that a company receives for all the goods or services that it sells during a particular period of time（一定时期内的）营业额，成交量◆The firm has an annual turnover of $75 million.这家公司的年营业额为7 500万元。◆A 10% rise in turnover would increase company profits by $3.3 million.营业额上升10%将使公司利润增加330万元。■proceeds /ˈprəʊsiːdz; NAmEˈproʊsiːdz/ [plural] the money that a person or company receives from selling goods or services, especially the amount available to be spent after paying the costs involved（个人或公司销售商品或提供服务的）收入，收益，进款（尤指扣除成本后的可用部分）◆She sold her car and bought a piano with the proceeds.她卖掉了汽车，然后用这笔收入买了一架钢琴。◆The proceeds of the concert will go to charity.这次音乐会的收益将捐给慈善机构。➡ See also the entry for ⇨ profit另见profit条■receipts /rɪˈsiːts/ / [plural] (business商业) the money that a company, bank or government receives during a particular period of time（一定时期内公司、银行或政府）收到的款项，收入◆The accounts department is predicting net receipts of £750 000 for the summer season.会计部门预测夏季净收入为75万英镑。■takings [plural] the money that a shop, restaurant, theatre, etc. receives from selling goods or tickets during a particular period of time（一定时期内商店、餐厅、剧院等的）进账，营业收入；票房收入◆Burglars forced open the safe containing the weekend takings.盗贼撬开了放有周末收入的保险柜。NOTE辨析 Receipts or takings?Receipts is a more formal word and is often used for talking about bigger businesses, over a longer period of time. Both words are used for money made by a theatre or cinema, or by the film industry, especially in British English. In informal American English the word take is used. * receipts较正式，常指大企业在较长一段时期内的收益。尤其在英式英语中，这两个词均可指剧院、电影院或电影业赚的钱。在非正式的美式英语中表达此义用take◆ (especially BrE) He estimated the film's box-office receipts / takings at £15 million.他估计这部电影的票房收入是1 500万英镑。◆ (NAmE, ratherinformal) the movie's box-office take电影的票房收入■take [countable, usually singular] (especially NAmE, ratherinformal, business商业) an amount of money that sb receives, especially money earned by a business from one particular source or piece of business（尤指某项业务的）收入额，进项◆Last year's take totaled $10.2 million.去年的总收入是1 020万元。