treat 1 S2 W1 / trit / 动词 [及物动词] #
1 behave towards somebody/something [ always + 副词 / 介词 ] to behave towards someone or something in a particular way → treatment
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 + 副词 / 介词 ] 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
COLLOCATIONS
副词
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.
短语
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.
THESAURUS
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.
treat 2 S3 noun #
1 [可数名词] something special that you give someone or do for them because you know they will enjoy it
as a treat
Steven took his son to a cricket match as a birthday treat.
2 [单数形式] 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 [可数名词] 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.