英语词汇“treat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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