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

• University prepared me for a good white-collar job.
  大学帮助我得到一个好的白领的工作。
• The challenge is evident for white-collar jobs, too.
  白领工作面临的挑战也同样明显。
• White-Collar Man in a Blue-Collar World
  蓝领世界中的白领人
• In addition, many white-collar workers are suffering from career pressures and health problems.
  此外，除了房子，许多白领还承受职场压力和健康问题。
• 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。
• I'm a white-collar worker.
  我是脑力劳动者。
• After graduating with aviation management major, Liu Yuan became a white-collar.
  从航空管理专业毕业后，柳渊成了一名白领。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。