英语释义

1. a hole or small recess for pigeons to nest

2. a small open compartment (as in a desk or cabinet) for keeping letters or documents

3. a neat category which usually fails to reflect actual complexities

4. to place in or as if in the pigeonhole of a desk

5. to lay aside shelve
his reports continued to be pigeonholed and his advice not taken
— Walter Mills

6. to assign to an often restrictive category classify

7. a small open space in a desk, cabinet, or wall for keeping letters or papers

8. to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to a particular group, having only a particular skill, etc.

片语

sorting table分拣台；整理表

英汉例句

• The paper explains environmental assessment files「 building pigeonholes and the works to improve the projects files」 integral level.

  阐述了环评档案建档、归档工作，提高建设项目环评档案整体水平应抓好的几项工作。

• Ons is also responsible for a speedy and accurate distribution of printed results and news reports to the pigeonholes in the Main Press center and venue media centers.

  奥林匹克新闻服务还负责快速、準确地把打印好的成绩公布出来，以及把新闻报道发放到主新闻中心和场馆媒体中心的成绩公报柜内。

• EXAMPLE 2: My grandfather's old desk had numerous pigeonholes in which he could keep letters and bills.

  在我祖父的旧桌上有很多文件格子，用来放信件和账单。

• Chinese cities are densely populated and a lot of people live in pigeonholes in high-rise apartment buildings. Usually, over 100 households share a couple of elevators or the same flight of stairs.

  中国城市的人口密度大、空间小，多数市民住在空间不大的高楼里，上百户的人共用一两部电梯或一道楼梯。

• The tidy committee men regard them with horror, knowing that no pigeonholes can be found for them.

  有条不紊的委员们怀着恐惧看着他们，因为他们知道无法使这些人归巢就范。

• An exclusive photo workroom with spacious workstations, lockers, transmission connection, INFO 2008, CATV, pigeonholes as well as logistics services will be available for photographers.

  为摄影记者专用的摄影工作间提供宽敞的工作 台、储物柜、数据传输连接、 北京2008年奥运会信息系统、有线电视、成绩公告柜，以及后勤保障服务。

• Consider again the problem of stuffing pigeons into pigeonholes and consider the average.

  重新设想将鸽子装入鸽子洞，再设想一下平均值。

• But as MPs began reading their letters from Legg, which started appearing in their Commons pigeonholes at around 5.30pm today, Brown made clear he understood their concern.

  从今天下午5.30左右开始，莱格写给众议员的信就开始出现在下议院的信息箱里。不过就在议员们开始阅读来信的同时，布朗明确表示理解他们的顾虑。

• The answer is yes, but there is one catch.The catch is that no matter how the pigeons are placed, one of the pigeonholes must contain more than one pigeon.

  回答是肯定的，但存在一个定式，即无论鸽子是怎样装入的，必然有一个鸽子洞要装入2个以上的鸽子。