white-collar employee

基本解釋

In many ways, the white-collar employees who man the cubicles of business today share the plight of agricultural workers a century ago.
從各個角度看，今天占據(jù)寫字樓小隔間的白領(lǐng)們的窘境與百年前的農(nóng)牧業(yè)者如出一轍。
However, the 'flash marriage' model has aroused heated public debate. "Will such marriages be long-term and stable, " many white-collar employees asked.
但閃婚模式引發(fā)了人們的熱議。許多白領(lǐng)發(fā)出這樣的疑問：“這樣的婚姻會持久而穩(wěn)定嗎？
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The “white-collar” employees in the modern sense are the envy of the society, while “blue-collar” ones are under the pressure of being despised despite their sometimes higher salaries.
現(xiàn)代意義上的"白領(lǐng)階層"是讓人羨慕的對象，而"藍領(lǐng)階層"即使工資較高，仍有被人看不起的壓力。

Lawyers have already collected large settlements on behalf of stockbrokers, loan agents and other white-collar employees traditionally considered to be part of management.
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The first group contains managers and white-collar employees of state-owned enterprises, accountants and civil servants, and teachers and doctors in the public education and health systems.
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Nokia will open its new China campus for 2, 000 white-collar employees next to its 185-acre Beijing factory at Xingwang Industrial Park, already a model for newer factories in India and Hungary.
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