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

• I'm a white-collar worker.
  我是脑力劳动者。
• White-collar workers now work longer hours.
  如今白领工人的工作时间比以前更长了。
• He has a white-collar job.
  他有份白领工作。
• 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。
• It's a white-collar job. I think you've good future.
  这是白领工作，你一定会很有前途。
• 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。
• 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。
• The challenge is evident for white-collar jobs, too.
  白领工作面临的挑战也同样明显。
• They are female white-collar workers.
  在这个群族之列的都是女性白领员工。
• 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。