pigeonholing的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT（置於牆上或書桌中的）鴿籠式分類架，信件（或檔案）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.

VERB（常指未全面考慮特質或特點地）給…分類，把…歸類

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。

N-COUNT類別；型別

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。