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单词 treat
释义 treat
I. \ˈtrēt, usu -ēd.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English treten, from Old French traitier to treat, manage, from Latin tractare to pull violently, handle, manage, from tractus, past participle of trahere to draw, pull, drag — more at draw
intransitive verb
1. : to carry on negotiations with another with the object of a settlement : discuss terms of accommodation or settlement : negotiate
 < 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. : to deal with a matter or subject especially in writing or speaking : give an exposition : discourse — usually used with of but sometimes with with
 < 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. : to pay another's expenses (as for a meal or drink) usually at a public place : bear the expense of another's entertainment : give or bear the expenses of a treat especially as a compliment, an expression of regard or friendship, or as a bribe
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to deal with (as a subject or theme) in speech or writing : argue, discuss, expound
  < 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. : to give artistic or literary treatment to : deal with in an artistic way : present or represent artistically especially in a specified manner or style
  < a romantically treated bronze group — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
  < the hall, treated in the Corinthian order — American Guide Series: Vermont >
 c. : to handle, manage, or otherwise deal with
  < food is plentiful and treated with imagination — Cecil Beaton >
2. obsolete : to negotiate with a view to settling or arranging : discuss the terms of : arrange
3.
 a. : to deal with or bear oneself toward in some specified way : behave or act towards : assume an attitude or form of behavior to : use
  < 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. : to regard (as something or in a particular way) and act toward or deal with accordingly — usually used with as
  < 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. : to show hospitality to : entertain, feast
  < a host who treats all the great persons in princely lodgings — John Evelyn >
 b.
  (1) : to provide (as another person) gratuitously with food, drink, entertainment, or some other source of enjoyment or gratification especially as a compliment, gesture of kindness, or bribe — usually used with to
   < he treated her to a strawberry soda >
  (2) : to provide (oneself) with a similar source of enjoyment or gratification — usually used with to
   < treated herself to a new mink coat >
 c. : to provide with something that is or is held (as in irony or for amusement) to be a source of pleasure or gratification
  < 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. : to care for (as a patient or part of the body) medically or surgically : deal with by medical or surgical means : give a medical treatment to
  < 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. : to seek cure or relief of (as a disease)
  < treat a bruise with hot applications >
6.
 a. : to subject to some action (as of a chemical reagent) : act upon with some agent
  < treat a substance with sulfuric acid >
  < metals … treated to make maintenance a simple thing — Betty Pepis >
 b. : to subject (as a natural or manufactured article) to some process to improve the appearance, taste, usefulness, or some other quality : process
  < treat rugs by washing >
  < port is a wine that is treated >
Synonyms:
 deal (with), handle: treat in the sense of doing about, serving, or coping with is usually accompanied by context indicating an attitude, temperament, point of view determining behavior or a manner of approach or execution
  < 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. noun
(-s)
1. obsolete : entreaty 2
2.
 a. archaic : an entertainment of food and drink freely provided : feast
  < when the tired glutton labors through a treat — Alexander Pope >
 b. : an entertainment (as a picnic) given without expense to those invited : a pleasure party gratuitously arranged
  < treats for young people are being organized — Frank Frost >
3. obsolete
 a. : the way in which one is treated : treatment
 b. : the treatment accorded to guests or visitors : reception, welcome
4. : something that affords gratification or pleasure : a great satisfaction : a cause of joy, delight, or sometimes amusement : something highly enjoyable often by being unexpected
 < 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. \ˈtrēt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English trait, tret, from Anglo-French trait
dialect England : bran of medium coarseness — compare chisel
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