Word
pigeonholing
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
常含贬义，指简单化分类
搁置；缓办；把...搁在分类架上( pigeonhole的现在分词 ); 把...留在记忆中; 缓办; 把...隔成小格
In use
The manager is pigeonholing all requests into predetermined categories without considering their unique aspects.
Instead of pigeonholing employees by their job titles, the company encourages cross-departmental collaboration.
She accused the committee of pigeonholing her proposal and never giving it proper consideration.
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。
pigeonholing something into something
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。
pigeonholing something
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。
Common mistakes
He made a pigeonholing of the applicants.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。
She pigeonholed the candidates in categories.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。
Connections
Confusing words
- categorizing
- 分类 · categorizing为中性，pigeonholing常含贬义，暗示忽视个体差异。
- stereotyping
- 刻板印象 · stereotyping强调基于偏见或笼统观念归类，pigeonholing指随意分门别类。
- shelving
- 搁置 · shelving指搁置或推迟，pigeonholing也含搁置义，但更侧重于分类后忽略。
Word family
- pigeonhole
- 分类架；搁置 · n/v
- pigeonholed
- 被分类的；被搁置的 · adj
- pigeonholer
- 分类者；搁置者 · n
Learner notes
Grammar Note
pigeonhole的现在分词，意为分类、搁置
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.