treat

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.treat¹ S2 W1 /triːt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: ↑treat, ↑treatment, ↑mistreatment; verb: ↑treat, ↑mistreat; adjective: ↑untreated, ↑treatable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: traitier, from Latin tractare; ⇨ ↑tractable]
1. BEHAVE TOWARDS SOMEBODY/SOMETHING [always + adverb/preposition] 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 + 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
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COLLOCATIONS
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.
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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.
II.treat² S3 BrE AmE 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 it
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.

treathu

◎	[tri:t]
※	danh từ
	■	sự thết đãi; tiệc, buổi chiêu đãi
		☆	this is my treat
			để tôi thết, để tôi trả tiền (khi ăn...)
	■	điều vui sướng, điều vui thích, điều thú vị
		☆	it's a treat to hear her play the piano
			thật là một điều vui thích được nghe cô ta chơi pianô
		☆	her son's visits are a great treat for her
			những lần con trai đến thăm là niềm vui sướng lớn lao của bà ấy
	■	cuộc vui ngoài trời (cho thiếu nhi ở trường học)
	〆	a Dutch treat
		✓	xem Dutch
	〆	trick or treat
		✓	xem trick
※	ngoại động từ
	■	đối xử, đối đãi
		☆	to treat someone well
			đối xử tốt với ai
		☆	they treat their children very badly
			họ cư xử với con cái rất tồi tệ
		☆	don't treat me as (if I were) an idiot
			đừng đối xử với tôi như (thể tôi là) một thằng ngốc
	■	xem, xem xét, coi như
		☆	he treated these words as a joke
			anh ta coi những lời nói đó như trò đùa
	■	xét, xử lý, đề cập, nghiên cứu, giải quyết, bàn cãi (một vấn đề..)
		☆	the documentary treated the question in some detail
			bộ phim tài liệu giải quyết vấn đề khá tỉ mỉ
		☆	to treat a subject thoroughly
			xét kỹ lưỡng một vấn đề
	■	(to treat somebody / oneself to something) thết, đãi
		☆	to treat someone to a good dinner
			thết ai một bữa cơm ngon
		☆	she treated each of the children to an ice-cream
			cô ta đãi mỗi đứa bé một que kem
		☆	I decided to treat myself to a taxi
			tôi quyết định tự đãi mình một chuyến tắc xi
		☆	we were treated to the unusual sight of the Prime Minister singing on TV
			chúng tôi được chiêu đãi một cuộc ra mắt đặc biệt của ông Thủ tướng hát trên truyền hình
	■	(y học) điều trị, chữa
		☆	a new drug to treat rheumatism
			một loại thuốc mới chữa thấp khớp
		☆	last year the hospital treated over forty cases of malaria
			năm ngoái, bệnh viện đã điều trị hơn 40 ca sốt rét
	■	(hoá học) xử lý
		☆	to treat crops with insecticide
			bảo vệ cây trồng bằng thuốc trừ sâu
		☆	wood treated with creosote
			gỗ được xử lý bằng crêôzôt
※	nội động từ
	■	(+ of) bàn về, luận giải, nghiên cứu (một cuốn sách..)
		☆	the book treats of modern science
			cuốn sách bàn về nền khoa học hiện đại
	■	(+ with somebody) điều đình, thương lượng, dàn xếp với ai
		☆	to treat with the adversary for peace
			thương lượng với đối phương để lập lại hoà bình
	〆	treat somebody like dirt/a dog
		✓	(thông tục) coi ai chẳng ra gì

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, regale, cover, handle, plow, deal, address, care for, process, do by