white-collar
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌwhite-ˈcollar adjective 1 BESS[only before noun] white-collar workers have jobs in offices, banks etc rather than jobs working in factories, building things etc 〔在办公室、银行等工作的〕白领阶层的 → blue-collar, pink-collar white-collar jobs 白领工作2. white-collar crime SCCBcrimes involving white-collar workers, for example when someone secretly steals money from the organization they work for 〔偷盗公款等的〕白领罪行
Examples from the Corpus
white-collar• But white-collar crime seems to be the new image of the law profession.• In contrast, white-collar employment soared despite massive use of information technologies in areas such as accounting and finance.• It should also be pointed out that white-collar industries have suffered from privatisation.• The foremen, members of the white-collar Manufacturing Science and Finance union, were protesting over the threat of compulsory redundancies.• Effective measurement of white-collar performance would require more than just measurement of efficiency.• Stress and activity are the new white-collar sources of identity.• The expansion of white-collar unionism was a particular feature of the most recent phase.• a white-collar worker• The economic recession has put many white-collar workers in danger of losing their jobs.From Longman Business Dictionarywhite-collarˌwhite-ˈcollar adjective [only before a noun]HUMAN RESOURCES white-collar workers work in offices, banks etc, rather than in factories, mines etcThe redundancies have devastatedwhite-collar workers.The car maker will cut 9,000white-collar jobs. → compare blue-collarˌwhite-ˈcollar adjectiveChineseSyllable
in banks jobs Business white-collar offices, rather Corpus etc have workers
white-collar
ˌwhite-ˈcollar
adjective
1. [only before noun] white-collar workers have jobs in offices, banks etc rather than jobs working in factories, building things etc ⇨ blue-collar, pink-collar:
white-collar jobs
2. white-collar crime crimes involving white-collar workers, for example when someone secretly steals money from the organization they work for
▪ class a group of students or schoolchildren who are taught together: There are twenty kids in the class. | She gets along well with the other children in her class. | I’m going out with some friends from my dance class. | 'I graduated in 1999.' 'What class were you in?'
▪background the type of home and family you come from, and its social class: The school takes kids from all sorts of backgrounds. | We come from the same town and share a similar background. | working-class/middle-class etc background : The organization helps children from working-class backgrounds to go to university.
▪middle-class belonging to the class of people who are usually well educated, fairly rich, and who work in jobs which they have trained to do. For example, doctors, lawyers, and managers are middle-class: The newspaper’s readers are mostly middle class. | They live in a middle-class neighbourhood on the edge of town.
▪white-collar someone who works in an office, not a factory, mine etc: white-collar worker/job/employee : The economic recession has put many white-collar workers in danger of losing their jobs.
▪working-class belonging to the class of people who do not have much money or power, and who have jobs where they do physical work. For example, factory workers, builders, and drivers are working-class: Most of the people who live round here are working class. | I come from a working-class family – I’m the first one to graduate from college.
▪blue-collar someone who does physical work, for example in a factory or a mine, and does not work in an office: blue-collar worker/job/employee : His political support comes mainly from blue-collar workers.
▪upper-class belonging to the class of people who originally had most of the money and power, especially families that own a lot of land: Most senior politicians in the UK are from upper-class families. | He spoke with an upper-class accent.
▪underclass the lowest social class, who are very poor and may not have jobs, homes etc: The government has created an underclass who do not feel they have any rights in society.
ˌwhite-ˈcollar
adjective1. [only before noun] white-collar workers have jobs in offices, banks etc rather than jobs working in factories, building things etc ⇨ blue-collar, pink-collar:
2. white-collar crime crimes involving white-collar workers, for example when someone secretly steals money from the organization they work for
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