English Dictionary

silent treatment

名詞

慣用表現 不可算名詞 通常

(idiomatic) A form of social sanction that consists of ignoring a particular individual, neither speaking to that person nor responding to his or her words.

日本語の意味

相手をわざと無視する行為 / 沈黙による社会的制裁、すなわち特定の個人に対し、話しかけず、反応もしない態度 / 相手に対する口を利かない処遇、すなわち無視する態度

After the argument, she gave him the silent treatment for a week.

口論の後、彼女は一週間彼を無視した。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A form of social sanction that consists of ignoring a particular individual, neither speaking to that person nor responding to his or her words.

Finally we gave him the silent treatment, and for weeks before he died we neither spoke to him nor did he speak to us.

silent treatments （ plural ）