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Coventry

英 [ˈkɒvəntri]

美 [ˈkʌvəntri]

n.  考文垂

BNC.5154

习惯用语

    n.

      send sb to Coventry
    • 拒绝与某人交谈,不理某人(作为惩罚)
      to refuse to speak to sb, as a way of punishing them for sth that they have done

    柯林斯词典

    • (作为惩罚)拒绝与某人交谈
      If peoplesendyouto Coventry, they avoid speaking to you whenever they meet you, as a way of punishing you for something that you have done.

      双语例句

      • Coventry was blitzed mercilessly during the second world war.
        二战期间考文垂被惨无人道地空袭过。
      • We sent him to Coventry for two weeks because he told the teacher who had broken the window.
        由于他告诉了老师谁打碎了玻璃,我们有两星期不理睬他。
      • Lady Godiva rode naked through the empty streets of Coventry the next day.
        第二天葛黛瓦夫人一丝不挂骑着马穿过了空无一人的街道。
      • But doctors at University Hospital Coventry were stunned when Mrs Osborn's test results came back negative.
        但是当得知奥斯本夫人的检验结果是阴性的时候,考文垂大学医院的医生们都大吃一惊。
      • The main line from London to coventry.
        从伦敦到考文垂的铁路干线。
      • I'm in social Coventry through leaving the receiver off.
        停止使用无线电接收机,我好像被社会摈弃了。
      • They punished me by sending me to Coventry for the rest of the summer holiday.
        他们在暑假剩下的日子里以不跟我讲话来惩罚我。
      • I am skeptical as to how big a deal this really is, said Crawford Spence, an accounting professor at Warwick Business School in Coventry, England.
        我怀疑这件事究竟有多大影响,英格兰考文垂华威商学院(WarwickBusinessSchool)的会计学教授克劳福德·斯宾塞(CrawfordSpence)说。
      • Black's transfer to an Italian football club came as a shock to Coventry cupporters.
        布莱克转到意大利足球俱乐部使考文垂支持者大为震惊。
      • Many of the serious uses of virtual worlds were on show at a conference held in September at Coventry University in England.
        2007年9月在英国考文垂大学举行的会议论坛上展示了许多虚拟世界的真正用途。