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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It says this train is for Birmingham and Coventry only.
  上面说这火车只到伯明翰和考文垂。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Godiva was the beautiful wife of the Lord of Coventry. She lived in the eleventh century.
  葛黛瓦是考文垂勋爵的漂亮太太。她生活在十一世纪。
• The main line from London to coventry.
  从伦敦到考文垂的铁路干线。