white-collar

adjective
🔊/ˌwaɪt ˈkɒlə(r)/
🔊/ˌwaɪt ˈkɑːlər/
[usually before noun]
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  1. working in an office, rather than in a factory, etc.; connected with work in offices白领的;文职的;脑力劳动的
    • white-collar workers白领工作者
    • a white-collar job白领工作
    • white-collar crime (= in which office workers steal from their company, etc.)白领犯罪
    • Identity theft is the fastest growing white-collar crime in the country.身分盗窃是这个国家增长最快的白领犯罪。
    compare blue-collar, pink-collar
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWhite-collar is used with these nouns:
    • crime
    • criminal
    • employee
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