- 1aB2
/ˌwel ˈpeɪd/
Used about a job that pays a lot of money, or about a person who is paid a lot of money for the work they do.
高薪的；待遇好的
比較級 better-paid最高級 best-paid
核心畫面
Two words stuck together, each still doing its own job: paid (you receive money for work) plus well (to a high standard, in good measure). So the picture can be of a pay envelope that comes out thick — the money side of the work is generous. The same word covers both ends of the arrangement: a well-paid job (the position hands out a lot) and a well-paid engineer (the person takes a lot home).
可以想成這個字是兩塊拼起來的：paid 是「有拿到錢」，well 是「程度好、給得夠」。合起來的畫面比較像一份薪水袋…更多收起
可以想成這個字是兩塊拼起來的：paid 是「有拿到錢」，well 是「程度好、給得夠」。合起來的畫面比較像一份薪水袋鼓鼓的——工作的金錢那一面很優厚。要注意的是同一個字可以指向兩邊：a well-paid job 是「這個職位給得多」，a well-paid engineer 則是「這個人領得多」，中文常分成「高薪的職缺」跟「待遇好的人」，英文用同一個詞。原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
well-paidadj
- 1
Adequately paid; receiving sufficient to liberal compensation for work.
- For most purposes the morning peak, with its more expensive travel, is defined as 4.30 to 9.30 a.m., but in the case of Oyster Card single fares, the morning peak begins at 6.30. It is the less well-paid jobs that require people to travel before 6.30 (you still see men with their tool bags on the first Tubes of the day), so the generous impulse behind the working men's tickets has not entirely died out.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。