treat
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/triːt/
/triːt/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they treat | /triːt/ /triːt/ |
| he / she / it treats | /triːts/ /triːts/ |
| past simple treated | /ˈtriːtɪd/ /ˈtriːtɪd/ |
| past participle treated | /ˈtriːtɪd/ /ˈtriːtɪd/ |
| -ing form treating | /ˈtriːtɪŋ/ /ˈtriːtɪŋ/ |
- to behave in a particular way towards somebody/something
以…态度对待；以…方式对待 - treat somebody/something with something to treat people with respect
尊重他人 - to treat people with caution/suspicion/dignity
谨慎/怀疑/有尊严地对待别人 - Treat your keyboard with care and it should last for years.
爱惜你的键盘，这样就可以使用很多年。 - treat somebody/something + adv./prep. All candidates will be treated equally, regardless of age.
所有候选人无论年龄大小，都将受到平等对待。 - They treat their animals quite badly.
他们对自己养的动物很不好。 - She felt unfairly treated.
她感觉自己受到了不公平的对待。 - treat somebody/something like something My parents still treat me like a child.
我父母仍然把我当成孩子。 - treat somebody/something as something He was treated as a hero on his release from prison.
他获释出狱时被当成英雄看待。 - treat somebody/something as if… They treat him as if he weren't even there.
他们对待他就好像他根本不存在一样。
Extra Examples- Parents still tend to treat boys differently from girls.
父母仍然倾向于以不同的态度对待男孩和女孩。 - He is guilty and should be treated accordingly.
他有罪，应该受到相应的处置。 - You should treat people with more respect.
你待人该多些尊重。 - the tendency to treat older people as helpless and dependent
把老人看作无助和需要照顾的倾向 - He treated the idea with suspicion.
他对这个想法持怀疑态度。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- equally
- equitably
- fairly
- …
- tend to
- as
- like
- with
- …
- deserve to be treated
- treat somebody/something with something to treat people with respect
- treat something as something to consider something 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- equally
- equitably
- fairly
- …
- tend to
- as
- like
- with
- …
- deserve to be treated
- I decided to treat his remark as a joke.
- to deal with or discuss something in a particular way
处理；讨论 - treat something + adv./prep. 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。 - These allegations are being treated very seriously indeed.
这些指控确实正受到认真的对待。 - treat something as something All cases involving children are treated as urgent.
所有涉及孩子的案件都做急案处理。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- equally
- equitably
- fairly
- …
- tend to
- as
- like
- with
- …
- deserve to be treated
- treat something + adv./prep. The question is treated in more detail in the next chapter.
- to give medical care or attention to a person, an illness, an injury, etc.
医疗；医治；治疗 - treat somebody for something She was treated for sunstroke.
她因中暑而接受治疗。 - The students involved were treated for head injuries.
涉事学生头部受伤接受治疗。 - treat somebody The clinic has treated several thousand patients free of charge .
该诊所已免费治疗了数千名患者。 - She was treated in hospital.
她在医院接受治疗。 - treat somebody (for something) with something He was treated for depression with medication prescribed by his doctor.
他接受了医生开出的药物治疗抑郁症。 - treat something to treat a disease/a condition/cancer
治病；治疗癌症 - The hospital treated forty cases of malaria last year.
该医院去年治疗了四十例疟疾病例。 - Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections.
抗生素用于治疗细菌感染。 - treat something with something 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。
Collocations InjuriesInjuriesBeing injured- have a fall/an injury
- receive/suffer/sustain a serious injury/a hairline fracture/(especially British English) whiplash/a gunshot wound
- hurt/injure your ankle/back/leg
- damage the brain/an ankle ligament/your liver/the optic nerve/the skin
- pull/strain/tear a hamstring/ligament/muscle/tendon
- sprain/twist your ankle/wrist
- break a bone/your collarbone/your leg/three ribs
- fracture/crack your skull
- break/chip/knock out/lose a tooth
- burst/perforate your eardrum
- dislocate your finger/hip/jaw/shoulder
- bruise/cut/graze your arm/knee/shoulder
- burn/scald yourself/your tongue
- bang/bump/hit/ (informal) bash your elbow/head/knee (on/against something)
- treat somebody for burns/a head injury/a stab wound
- examine/clean/dress/bandage/treat a bullet wound
- repair a damaged/torn ligament/tendon/cartilage
- amputate/cut off an arm/a finger/a foot/a leg/a limb
- put on/ (formal) apply/take off (especially North American English) a Band-Aid™/(British English) a plaster/a bandage
- need/require/put in/ (especially British English) have (out)/ (North American English) get (out) stitches
- put on/rub on/ (formal) apply cream/ointment/lotion
- have/receive/undergo (British English) physiotherapy/(North American English) physical therapy
Extra ExamplesTopics Healthcareb1- She was treated for cuts and bruises.
她的割伤和瘀伤得到了治疗。 - The drug is effective at treating depression.
该药治疗抑郁症有效。 - We can treat this condition quite successfully with antibiotics.
我们可以用抗生素有效地治疗这种病。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- appropriately
- properly
- …
- be difficult to
- use something to
- for
- with
- be effective in treating something
- treat somebody for something She was treated for sunstroke.
- to use a chemical substance or process to clean, protect, preserve, etc. something
（利用化学物质或反应）处理，保护，保存 - treat something (with something) 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
Extra Examples- Chemically treated hair can become dry and brittle.
经过化学处理的头发会变得又干又脆。 - You need to treat this wood for woodworm.
你需要对这种木头进行防蛀处理。 - Water is discharged from the sewage works after being treated.
经过处理后，水从污水处理厂排出。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- chemically
- for
- with
- treat something (with something) to treat crops with insecticide
- treat somebody/yourself (to something) to pay for something that somebody/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。
- She treated him to lunch.
behave towards somebody/something
consider
illness/injury
use chemical
pay for something pleasant
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘negotiate’ and ‘discuss a subject’): from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare ‘handle’, frequentative of trahere ‘draw, pull’. The current noun sense dates from the mid 17th cent.
Idioms
treat somebody like dirt
- (informal) to treat somebody with no respect at all
视某人如粪土；把…视为草芥；蔑视 - They treat their workers like dirt.
他们把工人看得粪土不如。
- They treat their workers like dirt.