receptionist(n.)
"接待客户的人,办公室聘用的人",1900年,来自 reception + -ist。
最初在摄影工作室中使用。
Let me not forget the receptionist — generally and preferably, a woman of refined and gentle manners, well informed and specially gifted in handling people of varied dispositions. A woman especially who knows how to handle other women, and who can make herself beloved by the children who may visit the studio. A woman, also, who in a thoroughly suave and dignified way, knows just how to handle the young man of the period so that the photographer may be glad to have his business. What a power the receptionist is when properly chosen and trained. It is not too much to say that she can both make and destroy a business, if she has the amount of discretionary power given to her in some galleries. [John A. Tennant, "Business Methods Applied in Photography," Wilson's Photographic Magazine, October 1900]
不要让我忘记接待员——通常而且最好是一位有着优雅和温和举止的女性,博学多才,特别擅长处理不同性格的人。一位特别懂得如何处理其他女性,并且能够让可能来到工作室的孩子们喜欢她的女性。一位以完全温和和有尊严的方式,知道如何处理当今年轻人,以便摄影师会很高兴地接受他的业务的女性。当正确选择和培训时,接待员是多么强大的力量。如果在某些画廊中赋予她相当数量的自主权,不夸张地说,她既可以创造业务,也可以毁掉业务。[约翰·A·坦南特(John A. Tennant),《摄影中应用的商业方法》,《威尔逊摄影杂志》(Wilson's Photographic Magazine),1900年10月]
早期在神学和法律中作为形容词使用(1867年)。
该词起源时间:1900年