suggestion-box 的词源

“用于接收有关改变或改进建议的锁闭容器，”由 suggestion + box (n.1) 组成，1883年提出：

WHAT funny creatures girls are! I'm sure no one can talk faster than the girls of our mission band when the meeting is out, and yet how hard it is to get them to "speak in meetin'." For this reason we found it good to institute a "Question Box" or perhaps "Suggestion Box" would be a better name. ["Miss M'Gilvary," "For the Young People," in "Woman's Work for Woman," September 1883] 

女孩们真是有趣的生物！我敢肯定，没有人能比我们使命团队的女孩们在会议结束时说得更快，但要让她们在会议中“发言”是多么困难啊。出于这个原因，我们认为设立一个“问题箱”或者也许“建议箱”会是一个更好的名字是好的。[“Miss M'Gilvary,” “For the Young People,” in “Woman's Work for Woman,” September 1883] 

1889年起，这个名称在图书馆中使用（用于建议新书），1898年起在工作场所使用（通常是 complaint and suggestion box）。

This 'Complaint and Suggestion' box is under lock and key, and Mr. Jacobs carries the key. All complaints that he takes out of this box will be strictly confidential and will be investigated, so you need not fear to make any complaint as long as it is just. The name signed to a complaint will not be divulged. It is only our true friends that will criticise us. ["The NCR," employee publication of the National Cash Register Company, Aug. 1, 1898]

这个“投诉和建议”箱是上锁的，雅各布斯先生掌管钥匙。他从这个箱子里取出的所有投诉都会严格保密并进行调查，因此只要投诉是合理的，您就不必担心提出任何投诉。投诉签名不会被透露。只有我们的真正朋友才会批评我们。[“The NCR,” employee publication of the National Cash Register Company, Aug. 1, 1898]