pigeonhole
n. 鴿捨出入口; 小房間; 檔案架上的小間隔
vt. 把…擱在分類架上; 把…留在記憶中; 緩辦; 把…隔成小格
A pigeon-hole is one of the sections in a frame on a wall where letters and messages can be left for someone, or one of the sections in a writing desk where you can keep documents.
To pigeon-hole someone or something means to decide that they belong to a particular class or category, often without considering all their qualities or characteristics.
He felt they had pigeonholed him...
他感到他們硬把自己劃入了某一類人。
I don't want to be pigeonholed as a kids' presenter.
我不想被歸類為兒童節目主持人。
If you put someone in a particular pigeon-hole, you decide that they belong in a particular category.
Because I had an unusual accent people were not able to put me into a pigeon-hole.
因為我與眾不同的口音,人們無法把我歸入任何一類。
1. a specific (often simplistic) category
2. a small compartment
1. place into a small compartment
2. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype;
If you can't come, leave a note in my pigeonhole.
你若不能來,在我的信件格里留張便條。
Captain Henry bothered Slote because he did not quite fit the pigeonhole.
亨利上校有勞斯魯特費心之處,是因為他不太符合這個框框.
There is a message in his pigeonhole when he returned to the hotel.
當他回到飯店時,他的信件架裡有一封信.
It breaks rules and conventions and is impossible to pigeonhole.
它打破規則和慣例,是不可能扣壓.
Draft out administrative documents, keep and pigeonhole the department documents.
負責起草行政檔案, 並保管和定期歸檔部門檔案資料.