box checker

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who follows instructions to the letter and avoids taking any risks. derogatory
    — Unfortunately, appearing to just be a box-checker is a very common occurrence in today's fire service, and this results in a number of candidates actually failing an event, particularly the emergency simulation exercise.
  2. A person who strives to live up to the expectations of others; a person who follows the rules and strives to achieve the conventional definition of success.
    — Sometimes we feel like we have to be the box-checkers of our lives. We make a list, and we don't stop until we check off every box. We strive for perfection.
  3. One whose job consists primarily of administrative work indicating tasks that have been completed.
    — Then the box checker would say, " Yep, has a Schedule B," and by the time somebody read it, they'd understand there was nothing in it.
  4. Someone who is counted in an organization as representing a minority ethnic group but who is so assimilated into the dominant culture that their ethnic status becomes meaningless.
    — Today a box checker may escape detection by claiming Hispanic origin at the outset of a hiring, contracting, or admissions process. Would-be box checkers realize that having a Spanish surname is not a necessary condition of being “Hispanic,” so they need not call attention to themselves by changing their name.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see box, checker. Someone or something that checks boxes.
    — Examples of the types of jobs the women worked at are fast food attendant or cook, box checker at a department store , housekeeper, dietary aide, beautician, bakery shop clerk, assembly line worker for a manufacturing company, child care aide, hot dog stand attendant, cashier, waitress, hostess, receptionist, go-go dancer, and secretary.

词形变化

box checkers plural box-checker alternative

词源

From box + checker.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary