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

• He asked me in the pub if I was a native, so I confessed I was from coventry, not a local girl.
  他在酒店里问我是不是本地人，我承认我是从考文垂来的，不是本地女孩。
• 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。
• I took my first extra-mural course in 1948 in Coventry, even though I was working in Birmingham
  1948年我在考文垂第一次上校外课，虽然当时我在伯明翰工作。
• Who is the labour candidate for Coventry north?
  北考文垂的工党候选人是谁？
• Sat September 3rd The youth team travels up in the morning to Coventry and draws 1-1.
  9月3日星期六今日早晨青年队前往考文垂比赛并1-1握手言和。
• She was educated at her local school for three years before being sent away to boarding school in the nearby city of Coventry.
  她到附近的考文垂市上寄宿学校以前曾在当地的学校读过三年书。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Coventry schoolboy broke the record for his age during a charity bodybuilding event at the Standard Triumph Club in his hometown on Sunday.
  这个来自考文垂的男孩于上周日在其家乡标准胜利俱乐部举行的一次慈善健身活动中一举打破了12岁年龄组的举重纪录。
• Didn't she use to live in Coventry?
  她从前是住在考文垂这地方吗？