1 income 指得到的任何錢,不論是工資收入,還是投資、房租等所得的錢。
Taxation is usually based upon income . 稅收通常以收入為依據(jù)。
He has a very small/low income . 他的收入很低。
2 pay 為一般用語,可指政府部門工作人員的酬金或服務所得的報酬。
The job was hard but the pay was good. 工作很辛苦,但薪水很高。
We get the pay at the end of each month. 我們每月底領工資。