| 单词 | box-ticker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbox-ticker box-ticker n. depreciative a person who is excessively concerned with following rules or punctiliously carrying out a set of tasks, typically at the expense of initiative, enterprise, or originality; cf. box-checker n., to tick the boxes at Phrases 11.Less common in North American use than box-checker. ΚΠ 1991 J. Pye Second Chances i. 5 Teachers are not encouraged to become powerful ‘parents’, but assessment technicians, penurious box-tickers. 2003 Metro 27 Oct. (London ed.) 2/4 Instead of appointing form-fillers and box-tickers, they should appoint more nurses, teachers and police. < as lemmas |
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