cold shoulder ( cold-shouldering, cold-shouldered, cold-shoulders )

• 1. 

  N-SING If one person gives another the cold shoulder, they behave towards them in an unfriendly way, to show them that they do not care about them or that they want them to go away. 冷淡; 轻视 [usu 'the' N]

  例：

  But when Gough looked to Haig for support, he was given the cold shoulder.

  但是当高夫想得到黑格的支持时，黑格对他很冷淡。

• 2. 

  V-T If one person cold-shoulders another, they give them the cold shoulder. 对(某人)冷淡; 对(某人)轻视

  例：

  Even her own party considered her shrewish and nagging, and cold-shouldered her in the corridors.

  甚至她自己党派的人都觉得她脾气暴躁爱唠叨，在过道里对她很冷淡。