treat
Definitions
To behave toward or deal with someone or something in a particular way
对待，看待
To give medical care to a person or condition
治疗，医治
To apply a substance or process to something
处理（用某种物质或工艺）
To pay for or provide something enjoyable for someone
请客，款待
Something special that gives pleasure
乐事，难得的享受；招待的东西
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedFrom Latin tractare ('to handle, manage') via Old French — the gentle branch of trahere where 'pull' faded into 'handle.' To treat someone is to 'handle' them a certain way; medical treatment 'handles' an illness; a treat is something nice you hand to someone.
Root tra still carries 109 more wordsWhy It Means This
treat hides its 'pull' origin completely. It traveled from Latin tractare ('handle') through Old French traitier, and along the way the muscular sense of dragging melted into the social sense of 'handling' — how you handle people, problems, illnesses, materials. The noun treat (a delightful thing) is the warmest branch: to be 'treated' came to mean being handled generously.
Common Collocations
- 1.treat someone well善待某人
- 2.treat a disease治疗疾病
- 3.treat someone to请某人……
- 4.a special treat特别的享受
Example Sentences
- 1.
Please treat the new employees with patience and respect.
- 2.
Doctors treated the burns with a special cream.
- 3.
Let me treat you to dinner tonight.
- 4.
A hot bath felt like a real treat after the long hike.