| 单词 | inside the box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinside the box (b) inside the box: within the realm of normal practice or conventional thinking. Usually in to think inside the box: to think in a commonplace or conventional manner. ΚΠ 1986 M. Pastin Hard Probl. of Managem. 6 Managers cannot solve resistant problems because they think ‘inside the box’ of standard business tools. 1998 K. Taylor & S. Walton Children at Center xi. 89 He explained to his students that thinking inside the box was to think like the test-maker. 2000 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 25/1 On the defensive, Skidmore stayed safely inside the box and simply edited the plain postwar buildings from the site. 2014 L. Markham Calm Parents, Happy Kids 156 Babies who are told ‘No!’ all the time learn to think inside the box. < as lemmas |
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