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

• 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。
• 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。
• Coventry Cathedral has modern architecture.
  考文垂大教堂有着非常现代的建筑风格。
• According to an old legend, the Lord taxed the people of Coventry heavily and unjustly.
  根据古老的传说，勋爵摊在考文垂人身上的税既重又不公平。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。