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

• In addition to college graduates, some white-collar employees are also feeling the pressure of rising rent prices.
  除大学毕业生外，部分白领同样感到了房租上涨所带来的压力。
• 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。
• You should learn from those female white-collar workers to wear radiation protection mask.
  你应该学那些女白领一样，带上防辐射面罩。
• 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 federal workers have almost total job security after a few years on the job.
  在工作几年之后，联邦白领雇员会有几乎为100%的工作稳定率。
• 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。
• Businesses are losing millions of dollars, and products are more expensive due to white-collar crime.
  由于白领犯罪，企业界每年损失数百万美元，产品也因之更贵。
• The challenge is evident for white-collar jobs, too.
  白领工作面临的挑战也同样明显。
• And teaching is one of the lowest paying among white-collar professionals.
  教学是白领从业者中薪水最低的一个职业。
• 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。