pigeonhole
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.həʊl/ us/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.hoʊl/
鸽笼式分类架;信件格;文件格
one of a set of small boxes, open at the front, in which letters and messages are left for different people
Leave the report in my pigeonhole when you've read it. 你看完后把报告放在我的分类架里。
Idiom
put something/someone in a pigeonholeidiom usually disapproving 想当然地把…归类
to form a very fixed, often wrong, opinion about what type of person or thing someone or something is
pigeonhole
verb [ T ] uk/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.həʊl/ us/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.hoʊl/
usually disapproving把…不公平地分类
to have an often unfair idea of what type someone or something is
He is a film producer who can't be conveniently pigeonholed. 他是个电影制片人，不能把他简单地归于哪一类。
搁置，留置
to put something away or leave it until a later time
Consultants found the experience frustrating - their reports were only partly implemented, or, worse still, just pigeonholed. 顾问们感到相当沮丧——他们的报告只是被部分实施，或更糟糕地只是束之高阁。