treat

• vt. 治療；對待；探討；視為
• vi. 探討；請客；協商
• n. 請客；款待
• n. (Treat)人名；(英)特裏特

來自古法語 traitier,處理，來自拉丁語 tractare,管理，引導，來自拉丁語 trahere 的反複格動詞 形式，詞源同 tract,entreat.引申詞義對待，治療，款待等。拚寫比較 fact,feat.

treat

treat: [13] Treat comes ultimately from Latin tractāre, a derivative of tractus (source of English contract, tractor, etc), the past participle of trahere ‘pull’. Originally tractāre meant ‘drag’, but it branched out metaphorically to ‘handle, deal with, discuss’, and it was in these senses that it reached English via Anglo-Norman treter. The notion of ‘dealing with something by discussion’ also underlies treatise [14] and treaty [14], which come from the same ultimate source.
=> contract, tractor, treatise, treaty

treat (v.)

c. 1300, "negotiate, bargain, deal with," from Old French traitier "deal with, act toward; set forth (in speech or writing)" (12c.), from Latin tractare "manage, handle, deal with, conduct oneself toward," originally "drag about, tug, haul, pull violently," frequentative of trahere (past participle tractus) "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)).

Meaning "to entertain with food and drink without expense to the recipient by way of compliment or kindness (or bribery)" is recorded from c. 1500. Sense of "deal with, handle, or develop in speech or writing" (early 14c.) led to the use in medicine "to attempt to heal or cure, to manage in the application of remedies" (1781). Related: Treated; treating.

treat (n.)

late 14c., "action of discussing terms," from treat (v.). Sense of "a treating with food and drink, an entertainment given as a compliment or expression of regard" (1650s) was extended by 1770 to "anything that affords much pleasure."

1. New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.

關節炎的新療法可能是止痛藥之外的另一種選擇。

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2. They shouldn't treat their mother in this disrespectful way.

他們不能這樣無禮地對待親生母親。

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3. Her cousin, a hairdresser, was perming her hair as a special treat.

她表兄是美發師，正在免費給她燙發。

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4. No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.

沒人知道如何治療這種可怕的疾病。

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5. The allies say they will treat their prisoners decently.

同盟國稱他們將善待戰俘。

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