单词 | treat |
释义 | treat I. intransitive verb 1. < the commander-in-chief … was to treat for an armistice — Bernard Pares > < willing to treat with you but … afraid that your terms may be too high — W.M.Thackeray > 2. < the fifth essay treats of the problems of map engraving — Jean Mitchell > < treats in detail of the origin of the council — R.A.Hall b.1911 > < his article … treats with an important conservation subject — Nature Magazine > 3. transitive verb 1. a. < lectured enthusiastically about each of the poets … whom he treated — D.M.Allen > < literary history … has constantly to treat problems of intellectual history — René Wellek & Austin Warren > < monthly programs treat different aspects of astronomy — American Guide. Series: New York City > b. < a romantically treated bronze group — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < the hall, treated in the Corinthian order — American Guide Series: Vermont > c. < food is plentiful and treated with imagination — Cecil Beaton > 2. obsolete 3. a. < the worker's stay on the job depends on whether he is treated right or wrong — Carl Sandburg > < note with what scant respect the generals … were treated — C.H.Dewhurst > < the tones of nature require … to be treated relatively by the painter — C.W.H.Johnson > b. < asking me to treat the news … as strictly confidential — O.S.Nock > < adopted into the tribe and treated as an Indian squaw — American Guide Series: Maryland > < regional laws … treated defamation as a private delict — T.F.T.Pluncknett > 4. a. < a host who treats all the great persons in princely lodgings — John Evelyn > b. (1) < he treated her to a strawberry soda > (2) < treated herself to a new mink coat > c. < the Americans were treated to a remarkable display as the Tripolitan ship blew up — C.S.Forester > < when he punished he treated the culprit to ten minutes of biting irony first — Storm Jameson > 5. a. < during his hospital stay, he was treated with … transfusions of blood — Journal American Medical Association > < 120 persons were treated for miscellaneous … injuries — Pasadena (Calif.) Independent > b. < treat a bruise with hot applications > 6. a. < treat a substance with sulfuric acid > < metals … treated to make maintenance a simple thing — Betty Pepis > b. < treat rugs by washing > < port is a wine that is treated > Synonyms: < treat all controversial questions impartially > < treat a subject realistically > < treat with care > < treating her guests cavalierly by treating with scorn nearly all the ancient virtues — A.W.Hummel > < before Massasoit died he made his sons promise to treat the Brown family kindly — J.R.Clift > deal (with) may suggest managing, controlling, authoritative disposing < she dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat — James Joyce > < the dean dealt with the matter promptly > < the only previous meeting … had dealt essentially with the immediate problems of military cooperation — F.W.D.Deakin > and sometimes it suggests a relationship between persons or parties on a more or less even basis < we're dealing with a ruthless foe that knows exactly what he wants — L.B.Salomon > handle is often interchangeable with treat and deal (with); it may suggest a placing, directing, disposing, or manipulating with or as if with the hand < handle an ax skillfully > < handle the distribution of tickets > < handling the arrangement of flowers > < the federal government picked up a group of unfilled functions that the states could not handle — A.A.Berle > II. 1. obsolete 2. a. archaic < when the tired glutton labors through a treat — Alexander Pope > b. < treats for young people are being organized — Frank Frost > 3. obsolete a. b. 4. < there may be pineapple chunks … as a treat for tea — A.D.Rees > < the London theatrical season is providing some distinguished treats for Coronation visitors — Mollie Panter-Downes > < enjoy the treat of hearing him talk — Christian Science Monitor > III. dialect England |
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