| 释义 |
trea·ty
\ˈtrēd.]ē, -ēt], ]i\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English tretee, from Middle French traité, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin tractatus treaty, from Latin, handling, treatment, treatise, from tractatus, past participle of tractare to handle, manage, discuss, treat — more at treat
1. obsolete : treatise
< in his excellent treaty of bodies — Sir Thomas Browne >
2. : the action of treating and especially of negotiating : discussion aimed at an adjustment of differences or the reaching of an agreement — usually used in the phrase in treaty
< unable to endure his loneliness, he was in treaty for a new wife — Times Literary Supplement >
3.
a. : an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation:
(1) : private treaty
(2) : a contract in writing between two or more political authorities (as states or sovereigns) formally signed by representatives duly authorized and usually ratified by the lawmaking authority of the state
< the president … shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties — U.S. Constitution >
— see personal treaty, real treaty; compare bilateral, convention, executive agreement, multilateral, protocol
b. : a document in which such a contract is set down
4. : a formal meeting between representatives of the United States government and of one or more Indian tribes designed to produce a settlement (as of issues in dispute)
< Congress had promised them a treaty, which was to have been holden about this time — Rufus Putnam >
5. : an agreement or contract (as between companies) providing for treaty reinsurance |