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
- 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。 - In 1940, during World War Two, German planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry.
1940年的这一天,德国战机在二战期间几乎摧毁英国的考文垂市。 - I've been accepted at Coventry University, he says.
我已被考文垂大学录取了,他说。 - 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。 - Zimbabwe took one gold and three bronze medals in women's swimming, all by Kirsty Coventry in the100-and200-meter events.
津巴布韦在女子100米和200米游泳比赛中夺得1枚金牌和3枚铜牌。 - Didn't she use to live in Coventry?
她从前是住在考文垂这地方吗? - 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。 - 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。 - Let's aim for Coventry first, and then we'll have a look at the map.
让我们先以考文垂为目标,然后再看一下地图。 - 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。
