in-tray

1. The letter was sitting in my in-tray.
   信被放在我的收文篮里。
2. Just put it in the in-tray on my desk and I'll look at it later.
   就把它放在我办公桌上的收文篮中，我随后会看的。
3. When lam away, please help to check my in-tray.
   我不在的时候，请帮我检查我的收文篮。
4. Instead, along with the rest of us, new recruits to most office jobs are likely to view their e-mail in-box as the in-tray that matters.
   相反，和我们其他人一样，从事多数办公室工作的新员工可能会将他们的电子邮件收件箱视为重要的公文筐。
5. But with the holiday season ( and survey season) approaching, the evidence suggests that overworking managers are, as usual, resisting the appeal of the beach or the mountain top in favour of the in-tray, the personal computer and the BlackBerry.
   但随着假日季节（和调查季节）的临近，有证据表明，操劳过度的经理人们正一如既往的抵制着海滩或山顶的诱惑，而选择了文件盒、个人电脑（PC）和黑莓（BlackBerry）。
6. I check my in-tray every morning as a matter of course.
   我照例每天早晨查看收文盘。
7. Mr Kan has at least one more pressing item in his in-tray: deteriorating relations with China.
   菅直人至少还面对着一项更为紧迫的事务：日中关系正在恶化。
8. The difference is that China is no longer a project for the future: it is so central to the prospects of many multinationals that routine difficulties and frustrations are top of the in-tray of the companies 'senior executives.
   不同之处在于，中国已不再是写在未来的规划中：它对于许多跨国公司的前景非常关键，以至于一些日常的困难与挫折，都成为这些公司高管面前的要务。
9. Instead of facing a physical in-tray, candidates have to deal with some 20 e-mails with attachments, folders and subfolders.
   候选者面对的不是真正的公文筐，而是必须处理20来封有附件的电子邮件、文件夹和子文件夹。

noun

1. a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material

   Synonym:    in-basket