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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++treat1 /triːt/ ●●● S2 W1 verb [transitive] 1 behave towards SB/STH 对待某人/某事物 [always + adverb/preposition]TREAT/BEHAVE TOWARDS to behave towards someone or something in a particular way 对待，看待 → treatmenttreat somebody like/as something She treats me like one of the family. 她把我当作家人看待。 Penny doesn’t think her co-workers treat her as an equal. 彭妮认为她的同事没有平等地对待她。 He treated his automobiles almost as tenderly as he did his wife. 他对汽车几乎就像对妻子一样温柔。badly treated/well treated The prisoners were well treated by their guards. 囚犯受到看守很好的对待。treat somebody with respect/contempt/courtesy etc Despite her seniority, Margot was never treated with much respect. 玛戈尽管是前辈，但从未受到多少尊重。treat somebody like dirt/a dog (=treat someone unkindly and without respect) 把某人不当人看待/当狗看待 I don’t know why he stays with her – she treats him like dirt. 我不知道为什么他还跟她在一起——她就没把他当人看待。2 deal with STH 处理某事 [always + adverb/preposition]DEAL WITH to deal with, regard, or consider something in a particular way 把…视为，把…看作 → treatmenttreat something as something Please treat this information as completely confidential. 此信息请绝对保密。 She treats everything I say as a joke. 我说什么她都当是开玩笑。treat something favourably/seriously/carefully etc Any complaint about safety standards must be treated very seriously. 任何有关安全标准的投诉都必须十分认真地对待。3 illness/injury 病/伤CURE to try to cure an illness or injury by using drugs, hospital care, operations etc 治疗，医治 → treatment It was difficult to treat patients because of a shortage of medicine. 由于缺少药物，很难给病人治病。treat somebody/something with something Nowadays, malaria can be treated with drugs. 如今，疟疾可以用药物医治。4 buy STH for SB 为某人买某物BUY to buy or do something special for someone that you know they will enjoy 请客，款待，招待treat somebody to something We treated Mom to lunch at the Savoy. 我们请妈妈在萨沃伊酒店吃午饭。 I treated myself to a new dress. 我犒劳自己一条新的连衣裙。5 protect/clean 保护/清理CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to put a special substance on something or use a chemical process in order to protect, clean, or preserve it 〔用特别的物质或某种化学方法〕处理 → treatment sewage treated so that it can be used as fertilizer 经过处理可用作肥料的污水 → trick or treatn COLLOCATIONSadverbswellThe majority of workers are well treated.badlyWhy did he treat me so badly?fairly/unfairlyI just want to be treated fairly.equallyAll people should be treated equally, whatever their age.differentlyShould girls be treated differently from boys in school?harshlyThe guards treated the prisoners harshly.kindlyThe world had not treated him kindly.phrasestreat somebody with respect/contempt/suspicion etcWhen 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.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
treat• Let's all go to a movie - my treat.• In remote areas, make sure your drinking water has been treated.• It means treating a viewer with respect.• Police say that her death is being treated as suspicious.• Glen treated Cathy to dinner at one of the best restaurants in town.• Makine is a good writer, poetic but never fanciful, and one who treats childhood reflected through experience with delicacy.• That stereotype speaks less for women's liberation than a society which treats children as a disruptive influence, a social nuisance.• I don't know what she sees in him - he treats her like dirt.• Doctors are treating him for cancer.• Amy's treated him really badly - no wonder he's upset.• I occasionally have to treat him.• Police said 36 people were arrested, mainly for public order offences, and four casualties were treated in hospital.• Whales, forests, and aquifers have been treated in the same way.• I have been very kindly treated in your lovely City, and everyone has been good to me.• No one would suggest that sex offenders should be treated lightly.• After my nervous breakdown, everyone kept treating me with kid gloves.• I'm sick of my parents treating my like a child.• The school are treating this matter very seriously.• The company treats training as a continuous part of career development.• Many common infections can be treated with antibiotics.• Douglas was treated with much more respect after his promotion.• Some sleep problems can be temporarily treated with sleeping pills.• As it's your birthday, I thought I'd treat you.treat somebody like/as something• Mom still treats us like children.• Debbie was always treated as one of the boys.treat something as something• Authorities are treating every bomb threat as real.• She treats everything I say as some kind of joke.treat somebody to something• Guests were treated to wine and caviar at the reception.treat2 ●●● S3 noun 1 [countable]GIVE something special that you give someone or do for them because you know they will enjoy it 〔给某人的〕特别待遇，款待，招待as a treat Steven took his son to a cricket match as a birthday treat. 史蒂文带儿子去看板球比赛，作为生日的特别待遇。2 [singular]ENJOY/LIKE DOING something an event that gives you a lot of pleasure and is usually unexpected 意外的乐事，幸事 When we were kids, a trip to the beach was a real treat. 我们小时候，到海滩去玩是件特别开心的事。3 [countable] a special food that tastes good, especially one that you do not eat very often 〔尤指不经常吃的〕美味食物 The cafe serves an assortment of gourmet treats. 这家小餐馆供应各种美味佳肴。4 my treat spokenPAY FOR used to tell someone that you will pay for something such as a meal for them 我来付钱，我请客5 go down a treat British English informalLIKE somebody OR something if something goes down a treat, people like it very much 深受喜爱6 look/work a treat British English informalBEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGSUCCEED IN DOING something to look very good or work very well 看上去很好/效果很好Examples from the Corpus
treat• Afterwards, Uncle Ted, who had his suit and Brylcreem on, announced a treat.• Many women think of facials as a treat.• If the meticulous and demanding rescue work succeeds, birdwatchers using the hide will be in for a treat.• Listening to trombonist Slide Hampton is a treat.• The cafe serves a surprising assortment of healthy gourmet treats.• Let me take you to dinner. My treat.• We hope the trend continues, until such aural excursions become a regular happening rather than a rare treat.• A visit to a good playground is a real treat, offering our children fun and adventure.• Grunte's treat that evening at the Hospitality Inn was well timed.• Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano got a special treat.• He carefully cuts away the spines and skin protecting the seedy red fruit within, affording a sloppy stolen treat.• Keep within your 100 calories limit, but, if you choose carefully, you could have two treats!as a treat• Save the abbey as a treat for the end of your walk.• The tiling problem, as treated by Wang, Berger, and Robinson, used tiles based on squares.real treat• Every morning he prepares a range of at least 20 sweets, which go down a real treat.• The first outsiders were in for a real treat.• The one score and three who turned up to see the morning game against Dorning had a real treat.• A visit to a good playground is a real treat, offering our children fun and adventure.• The occasional trip to a swimming pool is a real treat for most families.• Porridge with golden syrup was a real treat in Walworth.• This was a real treat for me.• But the real treat is the new Stockholm to Gothenberg Express, the D2000.From Longman Business Dictionarytreattreat /triːt/ verb [transitive]1to deal with someone or something in a particular wayWe treat all complaints very seriously.treat somebody/something asProceeds from the asset transfers won’t be treated as income.Some information ought to betreated as confidential.2to put a special substance on something to clean or protect it, or to make it safeThe convention insists that countries should treat their own hazardous wastes.→ See Verb tableOrigin treat1 (1200-1300) Old French traitier, from Latin tractare; → TRACTABLEtreat1 verb →n COLLOCATIONS1treat2 nounLDOCE OnlineChinese
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treat1 S2 W1 /triːt/ 
verb [transitive]
treat 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.
2. DEAL WITH SOMETHING [always + adverb/preposition] to deal with, regard, or consider something in a particular way ⇨ treatment
treat 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.
3. ILLNESS/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.
4. BUY SOMETHING FOR SOMEBODY to buy or do something special for someone that you know they will enjoy
treat somebody to something
We treated Mom to lunch at the Savoy.
I treated myself to a new dress.
5. PROTECT/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
⇨ trick or treat
■ adverbs
▪well 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.
■ phrases
▪treat 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.
▪ behave to do and say things that are good, bad, normal, strange etc: His teacher said he’d been behaving badly at school. | I’m not going to talk to her until she starts behaving reasonably. | Oh, be quiet! You’re behaving like a two-year-old.
▪act to behave in a particular way, especially in a way that seems unusual, surprising, or annoying to other people: Tina’s been acting very strangely lately. | What makes grown people act like that?
▪treat to behave towards someone or deal with someone in a particular way: She said that he’d treated her really badly throughout their two-year marriage. | I’m sick of my parents treating me like a child.
▪conform to behave in the way that most other people in your group or society behave: Young people sometimes want to rebel and therefore they refuse to conform. | Society typically brings pressure on individuals and groups to conform to civilised norms.
▪conduct yourself formal to behave in a particular way, especially in a situation where people will notice and judge the way you behave: Public figures have a duty to conduct themselves responsibly, even in their private lives. | By the end of the course, you should be able to conduct yourself with confidence in any meeting.
treat2 S3 noun
as 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.
4. my 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.
5. go 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.
6. look/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.
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verb [transitive] Word Family: noun: treat, treatment, mistreatment; verb: treat, mistreat; adjective: untreated, treatable
1. BEHAVE TOWARDS SOMEBODY/SOMETHING [always + adverb/preposition] to behave towards someone or something in a particular way ⇨ treatmenttreat somebody like/as something
badly treated/well treated
treat somebody with respect/contempt/courtesy etc
treat somebody like dirt/a dog (=treat someone unkindly and without respect)
2. DEAL WITH SOMETHING [always + adverb/preposition] to deal with, regard, or consider something in a particular way ⇨ treatment
treat something as something
treat something favourably/seriously/carefully etc
3. ILLNESS/INJURY to try to cure an illness or injury by using drugs, hospital care, operations etc ⇨ treatment:
treat somebody/something with something
4. BUY SOMETHING FOR SOMEBODY to buy or do something special for someone that you know they will enjoy
treat somebody to something
5. PROTECT/CLEAN to put a special substance on something or use a chemical process in order to protect, clean, or preserve it ⇨ treatment:
⇨ trick or treat
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noun Word Family: noun: treat, treatment, mistreatment; verb: treat, mistreat; adjective: untreated, treatable
1. [countable] something special that you give someone or do for them because you know they will enjoy itas a treat
2. [singular] an event that gives you a lot of pleasure and is usually unexpected:
3. [countable] a special food that tastes good, especially one that you do not eat very often:
4. my treat spoken used to tell someone that you will pay for something such as a meal for them:
5. go down a treat British English informal if something goes down a treat, people like it very much:
6. look/work a treat British English informal to look very good or work very well:
Being injured 受伤
have a fall/an injury跌了一跤；受伤 receive/suffer/sustain a serious injury/a hairline fracture/( whiplash/a gunshot woundespecially
BrE 受重伤／轻微骨裂／鞭伤／枪伤 hurt/injure your ankle/back/leg伤到脚踝／背／大腿 damage the brain/an ankle ligament/your liver/the optic nerve/the skin损伤大脑／脚踝韧带／肝脏／视神经／皮肤 pull/strain/tear a hamstring/ligament/muscle/tendon拉伤腘绳肌腱／韧带／肌肉／肌腱 sprain/twist your ankle/wrist扭伤脚踝／手腕 break a bone/your collarbone/your leg/three ribs骨折；锁骨／大腿／三根肋骨骨折 fracture/crack your skull头盖骨破裂 break/chip/knock out/lose a tooth碰断了一颗牙；使牙齿崩缺了一块；磕掉／掉了一颗牙 burst/perforate your eardrum使耳膜破裂；鼓膜穿孔 dislocate your finger/hip/jaw/shoulder使手指／臀部／下巴／肩膀脱臼 bruise/cut/graze your arm/knee/shoulder擦伤／割破／擦破手臂／膝盖／肩膀 burn/scald yourself/your tongue烧伤／烫伤自己／舌头 bang/bump/hit/ ( bash your elbow/head/knee (on/against sth)（在某物上）撞到肘部／头／膝盖
Treating injuries 治疗伤病
treat sb for burns/a head injury/a stab wound给某人治疗烧伤／头部伤／刺伤 examine/clean/dress/bandage/treat a bullet wound检查／清洗／包扎／用绷带包扎／治疗枪伤 repair a damaged/torn ligament/tendon/cartilage修复损伤的／拉伤的韧带／肌腱／软骨 amputate/cut off an arm/a finger/a foot/a leg/a limb截去一只胳膊／一根手指／一只脚／一条腿；截肢 put on/ ( apply/take off ( a Band-Aid™/especially
NAmE ( a plaster/a bandageBrE 贴上／使用／撕掉创可贴；缠上／使用／解掉绷带 need/require/put in/ ( especially
BrE have (out)/ ( NAmE get (out) stitches需要缝针；缝针；拆线 put on/rub on/ ( apply cream/ointment/lotion涂抹护肤霜／药膏／护肤液 have/receive/undergo ( physiotherapy/BrE ( physical therapyNAmE 接受物理疗法
pleasure a thing that brings you enjoyment or satisfaction 指乐事、快事 ：◆ the pleasures and pains of everyday life 日常生活的苦与乐 ◆ It's been a pleasure meeting you.很高兴认识您。 delight a thing or person that brings you great enjoyment or satisfaction 指令人高兴的事或人、乐事、乐趣 ：◆ the delights of living in the country 生活在乡村的乐趣 joy a thing or person that brings you great enjoyment or happiness 指令人高兴的事或人、乐事、乐趣 ：◆ the joys and sorrows of childhood 童年的欢乐与悲伤
pleasure, delight or joy? 用 pleasure、delight 还是 joy？
privilege ( something that you are proud and lucky to have the opportunity to dorather
指荣幸、荣耀、光荣 ：◆ It was a great privilege to hear her sing. 听她唱歌是莫大的荣幸。 treat ( a thing that sb enjoyed or is likely to enjoy very much指乐事、乐趣 ：◆ You've never been to this area before? Then you're in for a realtreat .你以前从来没有到过这一地区？那么你一定会喜之不尽。 honour/honor ( something that you are very pleased or proud to do because people are showing you great respect指荣幸、光荣 ：◆ It was a great honour to be invited here today. 今天承蒙邀请到此，深感荣幸。
Patterns
the pleasures/delights/joys of sthIt's a great pleasure/joyto me that… It's a(n) pleasure/delight/joy/privilege/treat/honourto do sth It's a pleasure/delight/joyto see/find… a pleasure/delight/joy to behold/watch a real pleasure/delight/joy/privilege/treata great pleasure/joy/privilege/honoura rare joy/privilege/treat/honour