white-collar
[ADJ]
1. 白领的
White-collar workers work in offices rather than doing physical work such as making things in factories or building things.
近义词
双语例句
例：White-collar workers now work longer hours.
白领员工现在工作的时间更长了。
例：Low costs and high levels of efficiency are enticing firms to move white-collar jobs out of Britain.
受到低成本和高效率的吸引，各公司纷纷将白领的岗位转出英国。
2. （非法窃取公司或政府钱财的）白领（犯罪）
White-collar crime 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.
双语例句
例：a New York lawyer who specializes in white-collar crime.
一位专门处理白领犯罪案的纽约律师。
例：a notorious white-collar criminal who illegally took control of a Gold Coast company.
一名非法掌控黄金海岸公司的臭名昭著的白领罪犯。
例：such white-collar crimes as price fixing and commercial bribery.
和价格垄断以及商业贿赂相似的白领犯罪行为。
ADJ. 形容词
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