表达 “give the silent treatment 沉默地对待” 指 “因生气而故意不理睬或不进行任何形式的沟通的做法”。比如，和人吵架之后因为赌气而 “采取冷战的态度”；因意见分歧而 “选择沉默”；或故意对人“不理不睬”。在使用时，人们多用 “give someone the silent treatment” 来描述具体对谁 “不理不睬”。

例句

It sounds like you give your partner too much attention when he behaves badly. Try giving him the silent treatment for a while. He might change his ways!

你的另一半做错事的时候，你好像太过在意了。试着一段时间不理他，说不定这样一来，他就会改变自己的做事方式。

Every time I try to resolve our differences you give me the silent treatment! It's not fair!

每次我试图解决我们之间的分歧时，你就沉默不语。这不公平！

My boyfriend has been giving me the silent treatment for days. The thing is I don't know what I've done wrong!

我男朋友这几天一直对我不理不睬。问题是我不知道自己做错了什么！