a small square on a paper form where you can put a tick to show that you want something or that something is correct or has been dealt with

The form is in plain English and is mainly filled in with tick boxes, with one copy going to each party. 表格用的是简单的英文，主要用勾选框填写，每个参与方派发一份。

a small square on a computer screen that you click on to show a choice, to make the computer perform a particular action, etc.

The company changed its privacy policy by adding three new tick boxes to user profiles, two of which ("share my email address" and "share my other registration information") came pre-ticked. 该公司修改了隐私政策，在用户档案中增加了三个新的勾选框，其中两个（“分享我的电子邮件地址”和“分享我的其他注册信息”）是预先勾选的。

used to refer to a way of doing things that involves following rules or instructions that are the same in every case, with no possibility of someone using their own knowledge or ability to make decisions

This legislation encourages a tick-box mentality. 这项立法鼓励了一种中规中矩的 "打勾"心态。

"Performance management tends to be a bureaucratic, tick box approach," she said. 她说："绩效管理往往是一种官僚的、‘打勾’似的方法。”

using tick boxes

It was an easy exam, with lots of tick-box multiple-choice questions. 这次考试很简单，有很多只需打勾的选择题。