coventry

• n. 放逐；受排斥的状态
• n. 考文垂（英格兰中部的城市）

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent);

   "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
   

2. an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Men who refused to strike were sent to coventry by their colleagues.
   凡是不参加罢工的人，同事都不理睬他们。
2. If you tell tales about other boys in school, you'll be sent to Coventry.
   如果你在学校里说其他孩子的坏话，就没有人再和你交往了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Coventry Cathedral has modern architecture.
   考文垂大教堂有着非常现代的建筑风格。
2. Coventry was heavily bombed during the last war.
   考文垂在上次战争中遭到了猛烈轰炸。

近反义词

【近义词】

• ostracism 流放
• banishment 充军