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pigeonholing someone as something
常带负面含义，指忽视个体差异地分类。
She criticized the school for pigeonholing students as either college-bound or vocational.
她批评学校把学生简单地归类为大学预备或职业导向。
把...搁在分类架上；将...归类（常忽视个体差异）
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把...搁在分类架上；将...归类（常忽视个体差异）
to place into a small compartment or category, often ignoring individual differences
She criticized the school for pigeonholing students as either college-bound or vocational.
她批评学校把学生简单地归类为大学预备或职业导向。
常含贬义，指简单化分类
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The manager is pigeonholing all requests into predetermined categories without considering their unique aspects.
经理正把所有请求事先划入预定类别，而不考虑其独特之处。
Instead of pigeonholing employees by their job titles, the company encourages cross-departmental collaboration.
公司不按职位头衔对员工进行归类，而是鼓励跨部门合作。
She accused the committee of pigeonholing her proposal and never giving it proper consideration.
她指责委员会把她的提案搁置起来，从未给予适当考虑。
常带负面含义，指忽视个体差异地分类。
She criticized the school for pigeonholing students as either college-bound or vocational.
她批评学校把学生简单地归类为大学预备或职业导向。
强调将事物强行归入不适当的类别。
The report warns against pigeonholing complex issues into neat categories.
报告警告不要将复杂问题硬塞进简单的分类。
此处意为‘搁置、拖延处理’。
The committee is pigeonholing the proposal until further notice.
委员会将这项提案搁置，等待进一步通知。
Not this
He made a pigeonholing of the applicants.
Use this
He pigeonholed the applicants.
错误地将pigeonholing当作名词使用，搭配"make a"不自然；正确用法是直接作动词。
Not this
She pigeonholed the candidates in categories.
Use this
She pigeonholed the candidates into categories.
"pigeonhole...into"是固定搭配，表示"把…归入某类"，用"in"不符合习惯。
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pigeonhole的现在分词，意为分类、搁置
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