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

• 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。
• The game took place at Cobham on Tuesday with the opposition provided by Coventry City's reserves.
  这场比赛是星期二在科巴姆训练基地进行的，对手是考文垂预备队。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 Cathedral has modern architecture.
  考文垂大教堂有着非常现代的建筑风格。
• 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。
• Black's transfer to an Italian football club came as a shock to Coventry cupporters.
  布莱克转到意大利足球俱乐部使考文垂支持者大为震惊。
• 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。