white-collar

US [ˈwaɪt ˌkɒlə(r)]
UK 
  • adj.白领
  • Web妙警贼探；猫鼠游戏；不是冤家不聚头

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adj.
1.
白领,指通常在办公室里做脑力而非体力劳动的人

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AllAll,白领白领,妙警贼探妙警贼探,猫鼠游戏猫鼠游戏,不是冤家不聚头不是冤家不聚头
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1.
He said he didn't want to have a white-collar job and sit in an office all day.
他说他不愿意做文职工作，整天坐在办公室里。
tā shuō tā bù yuàn yì zuò wén zhí gōng zuò , zhěng tiān zuò zài bàn gōng shì lǐ 。
edu.sina.com.cn
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CONTRARY to expectations, Jeffrey Skilling did not receive America's longest-ever jail term for a white-collar crime this week.
本周，杰夫瑞•斯基林（JeffreySkilling）并未受到美国史上针对白领犯罪刑期最长的判决，这与预期相反。
běn zhōu , jié fū ruì • sī jī lín ( JeffreySkilling ) bìng wèi shòu dào měi guó shǐ shàng zhēn duì bái lǐng fàn zuì xíng qī zuì cháng de pàn jué , zhè yǔ yù qī xiāng fǎn 。
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To be a white-collar in a multinational company or to be a civil servant, each has advantages and disadvantages of its own.
做一个外企公司的白领还是一个公务员，每个选择都有它自己的优势和不足。
zuò yī gè wài qǐ gōng sī de bái lǐng hái shì yī gè gōng wù yuán , měi gè xuǎn zé dōu yǒu tā zì jǐ de yōu shì hé bù zú 。
blog.sina.com.cn
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Saddened at the reminder of the white-collar life he nearly had, he tells the inmate firmly that he never wants to see that book again.
西奥多突然想起了他差点可以得到了白领生活，他严厉地告诉那位囚犯，他再也不想看到那本书出现。
xī ào duō tū rán xiǎng qǐ le tā chà dian kě yǐ dé dào le bái lǐng shēng huó , tā yán lì de gào su nà wèi qiú fàn , tā zài yě bù xiǎng kàn dào nà běn shū chū xiàn 。
article.yeeyan.org
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China would need at least 60 million more white-collar workers to be comparable with the U. S. on this score.
中国要在这方面与美国比肩，至少需要增加6,000万白领工人。
zhōng guó yào zài zhè fāng miàn yǔ měi guó bǐ jiān , zhì shǎo xū yào zēng jiā liù , líng líng líng wàn bái lǐng gōng rén 。
chinese.wsj.com
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I am not sure how much faith we should put into the fact that most people were students, white collar and middle-class.
我并不确定我们能对到场的观众大多是学生、白领及中产阶级这样的现象抱多大的希望。
wǒ bìng bù què dìng wǒ men néng duì dào chǎng de guān zhòng dà duō shì xué shēng 、 bái lǐng jí zhōng chǎn jiē jí zhè yàng de xiàn xiàng bào duō dà de xī wàng 。
www.chinadialogue.net
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The book is a protest against that sort of development - against white-collar culture and the educational system designed to populate it.
克劳福德的这本书是对上述情况的一种抗议——抗议白领文化和形成这种文化的教育体系。
kè láo fú dé de zhè běn shū shì duì shàng shù qíng kuàng de yī zhǒng kàng yì — — kàng yì bái lǐng wén huà hé xíng chéng zhè zhǒng wén huà de jiào yù tǐ xì 。
www.ftchinese.com
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My Criminal Law professor, Steve Duke, was a witty, acerbic man and a fine teacher with whom I later did a seminar on white-collar crime.
我的“刑法”教授是史蒂夫·杜克，他是一个风趣、尖刻的人，是个好老师，我后来与他一起摘了一个关于白领犯罪的讨论会。
wǒ de " xíng fǎ " jiào shòu shì shǐ dì fū · dù kè , tā shì yī gè fēng qù 、 jiān kè de rén , shì gè hǎo lǎo shī , wǒ hòu lái yǔ tā yì qǐ zhāi le yī gè guān yú bái lǐng fàn zuì de tǎo lùn huì 。
article.yeeyan.org
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That might be the motto for a growing group of fatigued young, white-collar Chinese known as "eraser" or "plasticine" men.
这也许就是中国日益壮大的疲惫的年轻白领的座右铭，这个群体被称作“橡皮人”群体。
zhè yě xǔ jiù shì zhōng guó rì yì zhuàng dà de pí bèi de nián qīng bái lǐng de zuò yòu míng , zhè ge qún tǐ bèi chēng zuò " xiàng pí rén " qún tǐ 。
www.bing.com
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Zhi Chengguan, 38, white-collar employee in Guangzhou, said he has waited for the Singles Day to come for a few days.
来自广州的38岁白领智成冠表示，他期待这个光棍节有一段时间了。
lái zì guǎng zhōu de sān shí bā suì bái lǐng zhì chéng guān biǎo shì , tā qī dài zhè ge guāng gùn jié yǒu yí duàn shí jiān le 。
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