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。 - 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 Cathedral has modern architecture.
考文垂大教堂有着非常现代的建筑风格。 - 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。 - 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。 - I've been accepted at Coventry University, he says.
我已被考文垂大学录取了,他说。 - 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。 - 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 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。