white-collar

英 [ˌwaɪt ˈkɒlə(r)]

美 [ˌwaɪt ˈkɑːlər]

adj.  白领的; 文职的; 脑力劳动的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 白领的；文职的；脑力劳动的
  working in an office, rather than in a factory, etc.; connected with work in offices
  1. white-collar workers
     白领工作者
  2. a white-collar job
     白领工作
  3. white-collar crime (= in which office workers steal from their company, etc.)
     白领犯罪

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 白领的;文职的;脑力劳动的
  White-collarworkers work in offices rather than doing physical work such as making things in factories or building things.
  1. White-collar workers now work longer hours.
     如今白领工人的工作时间比以前更长了。
• (犯罪)白领的(指非法窃取公司、政府钱财等)
  White-collarcrime is committed by people who work in offices, and involves stealing money secretly from companies or the government, or getting money in an illegal way.

英英释义

adj

• of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
  1. the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper

双语例句

• Many white-collar workers, like stock brokers and investment bankers, find themselves in the unemployment lines.
  许多白领，像股票经纪人和投资银行家，发现自己也失业了。
• I'm from the Princess into a charismatic white-collar family.
  我由小公主变成了魅力型的白领一族。
• Rental object: white-collar couples or working in Nantong for foreign friends.
  出租对象：白领夫妻或者在南通工作的外国朋友。
• White-collar jobs should be valued more than blue-collar jobs.
  白领的工作应比蓝领的更受人尊重。
• I work as an export salesman, which is stable, tough and challenging, I am your choice if you want to have a white-collar boyfriend.
  我的工作是一个出口推销员，这个是稳定和富有挑战性的工作，如果你希望你有一个白领男朋友的话，我将是你的选择。
• Despite all the advantages of being a white-collar, I have a strong desire to be a civil servant.
  尽管做一个白领有许多优点，我却有一个强烈的愿望做一名公务人员。
• How to reduce the white-collar crime? And that's what I want to talk with you the theme.
  如何才能减少白领犯罪呢，这就是我要跟大家谈的主题。
• Many women whose husbands were blue-collar workers had white-collar jobs themselves.
  许多丈夫为蓝领劳工的妇女本身却从事白领的工作。
• This applies to all white-collar employees, and sometimes to blue-collar workers as well.
  这些规定不仅适用于白领阶层，而且有时也适用于蓝领阶层。
• As the financial crisis squeezes the real economy, urban white-collar workers speak of shrinking bonuses and frozen wages.
  金融危机真正的紧压了经济，都市白领谈到他们收缩的奖金和冻结的薪水。