The flashcard teaches the various meanings of the word "treat". It can be used as a verb, meaning to behave towards someone or something in a particular way, to provide medical care, to process or apply a substance, or to pay for something enjoyable. As a noun, "treat" refers to a special pleasure, a special indulgence, or an enjoyable food.
[VERB 动词]对待;看待;处理 If you treat someone or something in a particular way, you behave towards them or deal with them in that way.
[V n with n]
[V n as/like n]
[V n adv]
Artie treated most women with indifference...
阿蒂对大多数女人都漠不关心。
Police say they're treating it as a case of attempted murder...
警方称他们正把它当作一起谋杀未遂案件来处理。
She adored Paddy but he didn't treat her well...
她深爱帕迪,但他对她却并不好。
The issues should be treated separately.
这些问题应该分别对待。
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[VERB 动词]治疗;医治 When a doctor or nurse treats a patient or an illness, he or she tries to make the patient well again.
[V n with n]
[V n for n]
[V n]
Doctors treated her with aspirin...
医生用阿司匹林为她治疗。
The boy was treated for a minor head wound...
那个男孩因头部轻伤接受了治疗。
An experienced nurse treats all minor injuries.
一位有经验的护士处理所有的轻伤。
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[VERB 动词]处理;给…上保护层 If something is treated with a particular substance, the substance is put onto or into it in order to clean it, to protect it, or to give it special properties.
[be V-ed with n]
[V n]
About 70% of the cocoa acreage is treated with insecticide...
大约 70% 的可可树林地喷过杀虫剂。
It was many years before the city began to treat its sewage.
很多年以后这个城市才开始处理污水。
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[VERB 动词]请(客);招待;款待 If you treat someone to something special which they will enjoy, you buy it or arrange it for them.
[V n to n]
[V pron-refl to n]
[V pron-refl]
[Also V n]
She was always treating him to ice cream...
她总是请他吃冰激凌。
Tomorrow I'll treat myself to a day's gardening...
明天我将犒劳一下自己——享受一天的园艺乐趣。
If you want to treat yourself, the Malta Hilton offers high international standards.
如果您想犒劳一下自己,马耳他希尔顿酒店将为您提供高水准的国际化服务。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]请客;款待 If you give someone a treat, you buy or arrange something special for them which they will enjoy.
Lettie had never yet failed to return from town without some special treat for him.
莱蒂每次从城里回来都必定会给他带点特别的礼物。
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[N-SING 单数名词]请客;做东 If you say that something is your treat, you mean that you are paying for it as a treat for someone else.
[poss N]
[SPOKEN 口语]
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[PHRASE 短语]很出色的东西 If you say, for example, that something looks or works a treat, you mean that it looks very good or works very well.
[PHR after v]
[BRIT 英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
The first part of the plan works a treat...
计划的第一部分天衣无缝。
The apricots would go down a treat.
杏会非常好吃。
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to treat someone like dirt→see:
dirt
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treat★/triːt; NAmEtriːt/
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treattreatstreatedtreatingverb★behave towards sb/sth 对待1★to behave in a particular way towards sb/sth 以…态度对待;以…方式对待treatsb/sth (with sth) ◆to treat people with respect/consideration/suspicion, etc.对人尊敬、体谅、怀疑等◆Treat your keyboard with care and it should last for years.小心使用你的键盘,这样就可以使用很多年。treatsb/sth like sth ◆My parents still treat me like a child.我父母仍然把我当成孩子。treatsb/sth as sth ◆He was treated as a hero on his release from prison.他获释出狱时被当成英雄看待。consider 考虑2★treatsth as sth to consider sth in a particular way 把…看作;把…视为◆I decided to treat his remark as a joke.我决定把他的话当作戏言。3★treatsth + adv./prep. to deal with or discuss sth in a particular way 处理;讨论◆The question is treated in more detail in the next chapter.下一章中对这一问题有更详尽的阐述。illness/injury 疾病;损伤4★treatsb (for sth) (with sth) to give medical care or attention to a person, an illness, an injury, etc. 医治;治疗◆She was treated for sunstroke.她因中暑而接受治疗。◆The condition is usually treated with drugs and a strict diet.这种病通常用药物和严格控制饮食进行治疗。☞collocationsat
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use chemical 用化学品5★treatsth (with sth) to use a chemical substance or process to clean, protect, preserve, etc. sth (利用化学物质或反应)处理,保护,保存◆to treat crops with insecticide给庄稼喷洒杀虫剂◆wood treated with preservative经过防腐处理的木材pay for sth enjoyable 花钱享受6treatsb/yourself (to sth) to pay for sth that sb/you will enjoy and that you do not usually have or do 招待;款待;请(客);买(可享受的东西)◆She treated him to lunch.她请他吃午饭。◆Don't worry about the cost—I'll treat you.别担心费用,我来替你付。◆I'm going to treat myself to a new pair of shoes.我打算给自己买双新鞋。▶treat·able/; NAmE/adjective◆a treatable infection能治疗的传染病IDIOMtreat sb like ˈdirt( informal) to treat sb with no respect at all 视某人如粪土;把…视为草芥;蔑视PHRASAL VERBˈtreat sb to sthto entertain sb with sth special 用…招待;以…款待◆The crowd were treated to a superb display of tennis.观众看了一场非常精彩的网球赛,大饱眼福。nounsomething very pleasant and enjoyable, especially sth that you give sb or do for them 乐事;乐趣;款待◆We took the kids to the zoo as aspecial treat.我们特地带孩子们到动物园去,让他们开心一下。◆You've never been to this area before? Then you're in for a real treat.你以前从来没有到过这一地区?那么你一定会喜之不尽。◆When I was young chocolate was a treat.我年轻的时候,吃巧克力是一种难得的享受。◆Let's go out for lunch— my treat(= I will pay).咱们到外面去吃午餐,我请客。☞synonyms at
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IDIOMa ˈtreat( BrE) ( informal) extremely well or good 极为有效;棒极了◆His idea worked a treat (= was successful).他的主意极为奏效。☞more at
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1behave towards somebody/something [always + adverb/preposition] to behave towards someone or something in a particular way → treatmenttreat somebody like/as something She treats me like one of the family. Penny doesn’t think her co-workers treat her as an equal. He treated his automobiles almost as tenderly as he did his wife.badly treated/well treated The prisoners were well treated by their guards.treat somebody with respect/contempt/courtesy etc Despite her seniority, Margot was never treated with much respect.treat somebody like dirt/a dog (=treat someone unkindly and without respect) I don’t know why he stays with her – she treats him like dirt.2deal with something [always + adverb/preposition] to deal with, regard, or consider something in a particular way → treatmenttreat something as something Please treat this information as completely confidential. She treats everything I say as a joke.treat something favourably/seriously/carefully etc Any complaint about safety standards must be treated very seriously.3illness/injury to try to cure an illness or injury by using drugs, hospital care, operations etc → treatment: It was difficult to treat patients because of a shortage of medicine.treat somebody/something with something Nowadays, malaria can be treated with drugs.4buy something for somebody to buy or do something special for someone that you know they will enjoytreat somebody to something We treated Mom to lunch at the Savoy. I treated myself to a new dress.5protect/clean to put a special substance on something or use a chemical process in order to protect, clean, or preserve it → treatment: sewage treated so that it can be used as fertilizer →
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COLLOCATIONSadverbswell· The majority of workers are well treated.badly· Why did he treat me so badly?fairly/unfairly· I just want to be treated fairly.equally· All people should be treated equally, whatever their age.differently· Should girls be treated differently from boys in school?harshly· The guards treated the prisoners harshly.kindly· The world had not treated him kindly.phrasestreat somebody with respect/contempt/suspicion etc· When you treat the kids with respect, they act responsibly.treat somebody like dirt informal (=very badly and with no respect)· He treated this wife like dirt.
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1[countable] something special that you give someone or do for them because you know they will enjoy itas a treat Steven took his son to a cricket match as a birthday treat.2[singular] an event that gives you a lot of pleasure and is usually unexpected: When we were kids, a trip to the beach was a real treat.3[countable] a special food that tastes good, especially one that you do not eat very often: The cafe serves an assortment of gourmet treats.4my treat spoken used to tell someone that you will pay for something such as a meal for them: Let’s go out to lunch – my treat.5go down a treat British English informal if something goes down a treat, people like it very much: That new vegetarian restaurant seems to be going down a treat.6look/work a treat British English informal to look very good or work very well: The sports ground looked a treat, with all the flags flying.