英语词汇“to tick the boxes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

to tick (also check) (all) the (right) boxes

P11. figurative. to tick (also check) (all) the (right) boxes and variants: to fulfil the requirements; to have (all) the necessary or expected attributes.In North America check is more commonly used in this phrase; elsewhere tick predominates to a greater or lesser extent.

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1985 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Oct. 113/3 These were relatively easy targets, a matter of checking the right boxes.

1993 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 26 Nov. The Bank..ticked all the boxes…but it was obvious no time went into their report.

1994 Frank (Ottawa) 3 Mar. 9/4 Checks all the boxes, domestically, but proud confession to government job a strike against him.

2005 Independent 26 Sept. 32/1 We do not do this with a view to ticking the right boxes, but because..we believe it is..the right thing to do.

extracted from boxn.²

as lemmas

单词	to tick the boxes
释义	> as lemmas to tick (also check) (all) the (right) boxes P11. figurative. to tick (also check) (all) the (right) boxes and variants: to fulfil the requirements; to have (all) the necessary or expected attributes.In North America check is more commonly used in this phrase; elsewhere tick predominates to a greater or lesser extent. ΚΠ 1985 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Oct. 113/3 These were relatively easy targets, a matter of checking the right boxes. 1993 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 26 Nov. The Bank..ticked all the boxes…but it was obvious no time went into their report. 1994 Frank (Ottawa) 3 Mar. 9/4 Checks all the boxes, domestically, but proud confession to government job a strike against him. 2005 Independent 26 Sept. 32/1 We do not do this with a view to ticking the right boxes, but because..we believe it is..the right thing to do. extracted from boxn.² < as lemmas
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