Send to Coventry——抵制某人

** to deliberately ignore, shun, or ostracize someone -- treating them as invisible

~~ 孤立某人；抵制某人；排斥某人；冷落某人

~~ cold-shoulder; turn one's back on; give someone the go-by/brush-off

!! The term referred to the English Civil Wars of the 1640s between forces loyal to the King of England and those loyal to Parliament. Coventry was a staunch Parliamentarian stronghold. When Royalist prisoners were captured nearby and brought to the city for imprisonment, the local residents treated them with open hostility, refusing to speak to them or have anything to do with them. The residents of Coventry also strongly opposed to having Parliamentarian soldiers billeted in their houses. These soldiers were cold-shouldered and not spoken to. The collective shunning is believed to be the root and definition of the idiom.

這個詞語源自於十七世紀四十年代英國國王效忠派與議會效忠派之間的內戰。考文垂是議會派的堅定據點。當附近被捕的保皇派俘虜被帶到該城關押時，當地居民對他們表現出明顯敵意，拒絕與他們交談或有任何往來。考文垂居民亦強烈反對議會派士兵在自家駐紮。這些士兵遭受冷落，無人理會。這種集體排斥被認為是該成語的由來與定義。

>> When North Korea continued missile tests, the UN Security Council sent its representatives to Coventry, barring them from informal briefings.

朝鮮持續試射飛彈時，聯合國安理會抵制其代表，禁止他們參加非正式簡報會。

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文 教授