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单词 white-collar
释义
white-collar
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌwaɪtˈkɒl.ər/us
/ˌwaɪtˈkɑː.lɚ/
relatingtopeoplewhoworkinoffices, doingworkthatneedsmentalratherthanphysicaleffort:
白领的，非体力劳动的，脑力劳动的
white-collarworkers/unions白领工人／工会
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blue-collar
pink-collarmainlyUS
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collarnoun
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Skilled, talented and able
(Definition ofwhite-collarfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

white-collar| American Dictionary

white-collar
adjective[not gradable]
us/ˈhwɑɪt ˈkɑl·ər,ˈwɑɪt/
connectedwith ajobin anoffice:
Thesedays, few white-collarworkersactuallywearwhiteshirts.
(Definition ofwhite-collarfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

white-collar| Business English

white-collar
adjective[before noun]
ECONOMICS
uk
/ˌwaɪtˈkɒlər/us
relatingtopeoplewhoworkinoffices, doingworkthatneedsmentalratherthanphysicaleffort:
Thecompanyplanstocut1,450white-collarjobsaspartof arestructuring.
white-collarprofessionals/staff/workers
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blue-collar
(Definition ofwhite-collarfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwhite-collar

white-collar
The data of the censuses will be complemented by data from selective surveys of time-budgets of blue- andwhite-collarworkers.
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It is also awhite-collarmasculinity, and while 'nerds ' are marginalised, they also gain a form of power through their technical mastery.
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The 'white-collar' families used force, or the threat of force, to secure closed play areas for their 'type' of child.
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Bretons in this mixed-class area nonetheless included railway workers, shopkeepers and the occasional malewhite-collarworker.
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Initial concern was expressed over school-leavers entering towns who displayed a reluctance to engage in anything other than scarcewhite-collarwork.
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At first, economic development and its attendantwhite-collarmajorities were themselves in short supply.
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Similarly, bluecollar workers were significantly more likely thanwhite-collarworkers to have left part-time work (36.2% versus 15.5 %).
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It has modern commercial areas, and businesses ofwhite-collarprofessionals.
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Here we see the revolution in prototype : the same urban bias, concentrated in the samewhite-collarand skilled trades.
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Over 19 per cent of serving seafarers' fathers werewhite-collarworkers but only six per cent of students' fathers were in the same category.
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First, this did not seem to me to be a good example compared to otherwhite-collarcontexts like call centre employment.
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The decline of trade-union membership may be one of the key reasons for declining involvement of both routinewhite-collarand manual workers in formal associations.
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He goes on to suggest steps we can take to be part of what he calls the 'white-collarrevolution'.
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Of course, interest in artisans, small shopkeepers,white-collarworkers and other groups has not been completely lacking.
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Many characterised the inactive work of thewhite-collaremployee through a language of heroic physicality.
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