Definition of white-collar in English:

white-collar

adjective wʌɪtˈkɒləˈ(h)waɪt ˈˌkɑlər

1Relating to the work done or the people who work in an office or other professional environment.
Example sentencesExamples
- Buyers are largely under-30 and have white-collar jobs in such areas as advertising or high-technology, Wu said.
- Good colleges, scholarships, white-collar jobs, a nice homemaker wife, and two kids were already tangible in his future.
- Changes in employment that have downgraded the status and pay of many of the old white-collar professions have rendered this term almost meaningless.
- According to one study, more than one million white-collar jobs are likely to disappear from this country in the next 15 years.
- He mentioned a friend who had resigned from his white-collar professional position with a multinational company to become a teacher.
- About 50 million Americans work in these white-collar office jobs.
- They want a degree that will put them into a position to get good, professional, white-collar jobs.
- Office environments and work pressures are two major causes of white-collar health problems.
- The second wave of outsourcing, which began in the 1990s, threatens white-collar service and information technology jobs.
- By the following year it had grown to 60,000 members - mainly white-collar workers and professionals.
- Suits and ties are symbols of white-collar jobs.
- In the past, training for white-collar professions was favored and emphasized, and titles and diplomas were fetishized.
- The auto maker has already cut executive bonuses and is eliminating 5,000 white-collar jobs.
- He doesn't seem to recognize the South as a region with a robust economy, white-collar professionals and growing urban areas.
- However, they are proportionally under-represented in the white-collar professions and in the political system.
- In the '90s a lot of corporations began to turn on their white-collar professional and managerial workers too.
- Other studies held that women in white-collar work, such as office employees, were the most common targets.
- The white-collar salaried professions, such as public administration and banking, did however, provide the potential for mobility.
- It would usually be packed with white-collar workers from nearby office buildings.
- Pilots, machinists and a section of white-collar employees own a combined 55 percent of United Airlines through such stock options.
Synonyms
non-manual, office, clerical, professional, executive, salaried
technical ABC1
1. 1.1 Denoting non-violent crime committed by white-collar workers, especially fraud.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The alleged criminal conduct was a nonviolent white-collar crime of which the many bank depositors in the Pekin area were the victims.
  Justice Minister Michael McDowell said white-collar crime was not victimless and its effects were felt across the economy.
  The word ‘fraud’ conjures up images of white-collar crime and high-profile corporations.
  The only category that can be said to have ‘inexorably’ risen in the past decade in New Zealand is white-collar crime.
  More regular surveys are being conducted of business corporations, resulting in greater exposure of fraud and white-collar crime.
  Top-level vacancies in specialties ranging from white-collar crime to counterterrorism go begging for applicants.
  He became an investigator, principally focusing on white-collar crime and political corruption cases.
  If kidnappers get life imprisonment and their victims get their money back, it makes no sense that white-collar crimes can be treated so lightly.
  Historical studies of white-collar crime have also traditionally focused on men.
  The incentive scheme raised strong public criticism that such white-collar crimes would go unpunished.
  This addition to the nation's anti-corruption laws is part of a flurry of legislative activity to combat white-collar crime.
  These were ‘trying times’ where violent and white-collar crime were rife.
  There is white-collar crime including embezzlement, tax evasion, and bribes to officials.
  When white-collar crime gets tricky and important managers are implicated, internal auditors may be compromised.
  The district attorney in Manhattan has a long record of pursuing cases involving white-collar crime, corruption and bribery.
  The Federal Trade Commission has named identity theft the fastest-growing white-collar crime today.
  The high incidence of white-collar crime poses a serious threat to entrepreneurship and the future of legitimate business activities in Eastern Europe.
  Background checks can turn up records of assaults or other violence, as well as white-collar crimes.
  Official corruption and white-collar crime have increased.
  The sentence has the public, never that trusting of politicians to begin with, wondering how seriously white-collar crime is being taken by the courts.

Rhymes

ayatollah, choler, collar, corolla, dollar, dolour (US dolor), Hezbollah, holler, scholar, squalor, wallah, Waller

Definition of white-collar in US English:

white-collar

adjectiveˈ(h)waɪt ˈˌkɑlərˈ(h)wīt ˈˌkälər

1Relating to the work done or those who work in an office or other professional environment.
Example sentencesExamples
- Office environments and work pressures are two major causes of white-collar health problems.
- By the following year it had grown to 60,000 members - mainly white-collar workers and professionals.
- According to one study, more than one million white-collar jobs are likely to disappear from this country in the next 15 years.
- He doesn't seem to recognize the South as a region with a robust economy, white-collar professionals and growing urban areas.
- In the '90s a lot of corporations began to turn on their white-collar professional and managerial workers too.
- They want a degree that will put them into a position to get good, professional, white-collar jobs.
- About 50 million Americans work in these white-collar office jobs.
- The second wave of outsourcing, which began in the 1990s, threatens white-collar service and information technology jobs.
- He mentioned a friend who had resigned from his white-collar professional position with a multinational company to become a teacher.
- However, they are proportionally under-represented in the white-collar professions and in the political system.
- Good colleges, scholarships, white-collar jobs, a nice homemaker wife, and two kids were already tangible in his future.
- The white-collar salaried professions, such as public administration and banking, did however, provide the potential for mobility.
- Pilots, machinists and a section of white-collar employees own a combined 55 percent of United Airlines through such stock options.
- Other studies held that women in white-collar work, such as office employees, were the most common targets.
- Buyers are largely under-30 and have white-collar jobs in such areas as advertising or high-technology, Wu said.
- In the past, training for white-collar professions was favored and emphasized, and titles and diplomas were fetishized.
- The auto maker has already cut executive bonuses and is eliminating 5,000 white-collar jobs.
- It would usually be packed with white-collar workers from nearby office buildings.
- Suits and ties are symbols of white-collar jobs.
- Changes in employment that have downgraded the status and pay of many of the old white-collar professions have rendered this term almost meaningless.
Synonyms
non-manual, office, clerical, professional, executive, salaried
1. 1.1 Denoting nonviolent crime committed by white-collar workers, especially fraud.
  Example sentencesExamples
  These were ‘trying times’ where violent and white-collar crime were rife.
  The high incidence of white-collar crime poses a serious threat to entrepreneurship and the future of legitimate business activities in Eastern Europe.
  The only category that can be said to have ‘inexorably’ risen in the past decade in New Zealand is white-collar crime.
  Justice Minister Michael McDowell said white-collar crime was not victimless and its effects were felt across the economy.
  When white-collar crime gets tricky and important managers are implicated, internal auditors may be compromised.
  Historical studies of white-collar crime have also traditionally focused on men.
  This addition to the nation's anti-corruption laws is part of a flurry of legislative activity to combat white-collar crime.
  The district attorney in Manhattan has a long record of pursuing cases involving white-collar crime, corruption and bribery.
  Official corruption and white-collar crime have increased.
  The incentive scheme raised strong public criticism that such white-collar crimes would go unpunished.
  The word ‘fraud’ conjures up images of white-collar crime and high-profile corporations.
  The Federal Trade Commission has named identity theft the fastest-growing white-collar crime today.
  Background checks can turn up records of assaults or other violence, as well as white-collar crimes.
  If kidnappers get life imprisonment and their victims get their money back, it makes no sense that white-collar crimes can be treated so lightly.
  Top-level vacancies in specialties ranging from white-collar crime to counterterrorism go begging for applicants.
  The alleged criminal conduct was a nonviolent white-collar crime of which the many bank depositors in the Pekin area were the victims.
  More regular surveys are being conducted of business corporations, resulting in greater exposure of fraud and white-collar crime.
  The sentence has the public, never that trusting of politicians to begin with, wondering how seriously white-collar crime is being taken by the courts.
  There is white-collar crime including embezzlement, tax evasion, and bribes to officials.
  He became an investigator, principally focusing on white-collar crime and political corruption cases.

单词	white-collar
释义	Definition of white-collar in English: white-collar adjective wʌɪtˈkɒləˈ(h)waɪt ˈˌkɑlər 1Relating to the work done or the people who work in an office or other professional environment. Example sentencesExamples Buyers are largely under-30 and have white-collar jobs in such areas as advertising or high-technology, Wu said. Good colleges, scholarships, white-collar jobs, a nice homemaker wife, and two kids were already tangible in his future. Changes in employment that have downgraded the status and pay of many of the old white-collar professions have rendered this term almost meaningless. According to one study, more than one million white-collar jobs are likely to disappear from this country in the next 15 years. He mentioned a friend who had resigned from his white-collar professional position with a multinational company to become a teacher. About 50 million Americans work in these white-collar office jobs. They want a degree that will put them into a position to get good, professional, white-collar jobs. Office environments and work pressures are two major causes of white-collar health problems. The second wave of outsourcing, which began in the 1990s, threatens white-collar service and information technology jobs. By the following year it had grown to 60,000 members - mainly white-collar workers and professionals. Suits and ties are symbols of white-collar jobs. In the past, training for white-collar professions was favored and emphasized, and titles and diplomas were fetishized. The auto maker has already cut executive bonuses and is eliminating 5,000 white-collar jobs. He doesn't seem to recognize the South as a region with a robust economy, white-collar professionals and growing urban areas. However, they are proportionally under-represented in the white-collar professions and in the political system. In the '90s a lot of corporations began to turn on their white-collar professional and managerial workers too. Other studies held that women in white-collar work, such as office employees, were the most common targets. The white-collar salaried professions, such as public administration and banking, did however, provide the potential for mobility. It would usually be packed with white-collar workers from nearby office buildings. Pilots, machinists and a section of white-collar employees own a combined 55 percent of United Airlines through such stock options. Synonyms non-manual, office, clerical, professional, executive, salaried technical ABC1 1.1 Denoting non-violent crime committed by white-collar workers, especially fraud. Example sentencesExamples The alleged criminal conduct was a nonviolent white-collar crime of which the many bank depositors in the Pekin area were the victims. Justice Minister Michael McDowell said white-collar crime was not victimless and its effects were felt across the economy. The word ‘fraud’ conjures up images of white-collar crime and high-profile corporations. The only category that can be said to have ‘inexorably’ risen in the past decade in New Zealand is white-collar crime. More regular surveys are being conducted of business corporations, resulting in greater exposure of fraud and white-collar crime. Top-level vacancies in specialties ranging from white-collar crime to counterterrorism go begging for applicants. He became an investigator, principally focusing on white-collar crime and political corruption cases. If kidnappers get life imprisonment and their victims get their money back, it makes no sense that white-collar crimes can be treated so lightly. Historical studies of white-collar crime have also traditionally focused on men. The incentive scheme raised strong public criticism that such white-collar crimes would go unpunished. This addition to the nation's anti-corruption laws is part of a flurry of legislative activity to combat white-collar crime. These were ‘trying times’ where violent and white-collar crime were rife. There is white-collar crime including embezzlement, tax evasion, and bribes to officials. When white-collar crime gets tricky and important managers are implicated, internal auditors may be compromised. The district attorney in Manhattan has a long record of pursuing cases involving white-collar crime, corruption and bribery. The Federal Trade Commission has named identity theft the fastest-growing white-collar crime today. The high incidence of white-collar crime poses a serious threat to entrepreneurship and the future of legitimate business activities in Eastern Europe. Background checks can turn up records of assaults or other violence, as well as white-collar crimes. Official corruption and white-collar crime have increased. The sentence has the public, never that trusting of politicians to begin with, wondering how seriously white-collar crime is being taken by the courts. Rhymes ayatollah, choler, collar, corolla, dollar, dolour (US dolor), Hezbollah, holler, scholar, squalor, wallah, Waller Definition of white-collar in US English: white-collar adjectiveˈ(h)waɪt ˈˌkɑlərˈ(h)wīt ˈˌkälər 1Relating to the work done or those who work in an office or other professional environment. Example sentencesExamples Office environments and work pressures are two major causes of white-collar health problems. By the following year it had grown to 60,000 members - mainly white-collar workers and professionals. According to one study, more than one million white-collar jobs are likely to disappear from this country in the next 15 years. He doesn't seem to recognize the South as a region with a robust economy, white-collar professionals and growing urban areas. In the '90s a lot of corporations began to turn on their white-collar professional and managerial workers too. They want a degree that will put them into a position to get good, professional, white-collar jobs. About 50 million Americans work in these white-collar office jobs. The second wave of outsourcing, which began in the 1990s, threatens white-collar service and information technology jobs. He mentioned a friend who had resigned from his white-collar professional position with a multinational company to become a teacher. However, they are proportionally under-represented in the white-collar professions and in the political system. Good colleges, scholarships, white-collar jobs, a nice homemaker wife, and two kids were already tangible in his future. The white-collar salaried professions, such as public administration and banking, did however, provide the potential for mobility. Pilots, machinists and a section of white-collar employees own a combined 55 percent of United Airlines through such stock options. Other studies held that women in white-collar work, such as office employees, were the most common targets. Buyers are largely under-30 and have white-collar jobs in such areas as advertising or high-technology, Wu said. In the past, training for white-collar professions was favored and emphasized, and titles and diplomas were fetishized. The auto maker has already cut executive bonuses and is eliminating 5,000 white-collar jobs. It would usually be packed with white-collar workers from nearby office buildings. Suits and ties are symbols of white-collar jobs. Changes in employment that have downgraded the status and pay of many of the old white-collar professions have rendered this term almost meaningless. Synonyms non-manual, office, clerical, professional, executive, salaried 1.1 Denoting nonviolent crime committed by white-collar workers, especially fraud. Example sentencesExamples These were ‘trying times’ where violent and white-collar crime were rife. The high incidence of white-collar crime poses a serious threat to entrepreneurship and the future of legitimate business activities in Eastern Europe. The only category that can be said to have ‘inexorably’ risen in the past decade in New Zealand is white-collar crime. Justice Minister Michael McDowell said white-collar crime was not victimless and its effects were felt across the economy. When white-collar crime gets tricky and important managers are implicated, internal auditors may be compromised. Historical studies of white-collar crime have also traditionally focused on men. This addition to the nation's anti-corruption laws is part of a flurry of legislative activity to combat white-collar crime. The district attorney in Manhattan has a long record of pursuing cases involving white-collar crime, corruption and bribery. Official corruption and white-collar crime have increased. The incentive scheme raised strong public criticism that such white-collar crimes would go unpunished. The word ‘fraud’ conjures up images of white-collar crime and high-profile corporations. The Federal Trade Commission has named identity theft the fastest-growing white-collar crime today. Background checks can turn up records of assaults or other violence, as well as white-collar crimes. If kidnappers get life imprisonment and their victims get their money back, it makes no sense that white-collar crimes can be treated so lightly. Top-level vacancies in specialties ranging from white-collar crime to counterterrorism go begging for applicants. The alleged criminal conduct was a nonviolent white-collar crime of which the many bank depositors in the Pekin area were the victims. More regular surveys are being conducted of business corporations, resulting in greater exposure of fraud and white-collar crime. The sentence has the public, never that trusting of politicians to begin with, wondering how seriously white-collar crime is being taken by the courts. There is white-collar crime including embezzlement, tax evasion, and bribes to officials. He became an investigator, principally focusing on white-collar crime and political corruption cases.
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