喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ˈtriːti/條約

    A signed document in which two or more countries bind themselves to what they agreed.

    文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。

    「treaty」是國家跟國家之間正式、白紙黑字簽下的協定，例如 peace treaty（和平條約）、a treaty on trade（貿易條約）。它比一般的 agreement 更正式、範圍更大，通常要雙方政府簽字才生效。

    示範例句 · Example

    The two countries signed a peace treaty to end the long dispute.

    中文翻譯這兩個國家簽了一份和平條約，來結束這場長久的爭端。

    常見搭配

    • sign a treaty

      簽署條約

      to formally agree to a treaty by writing your name on it

      The two nations signed a treaty after months of talks.

    • peace treaty

      和平條約

      a treaty that ends a conflict between countries

      The peace treaty finally brought calm to the region.

    • a treaty on something

      關於某事的條約

      a treaty about a particular subject

      They agreed on a treaty on protecting wildlife.

    • break a treaty

      違反條約

      to fail to keep the promises in a treaty

      No side wanted to be the first to break the treaty.

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Middle English trete, from Old French traité, from traiter 'to treat', from Latin tractāre 'to handle'.

源自古法文 traité，來自 traiter「處理」。

Wiktionary

Picture two governments at a long table, and a document that both sides sign. What makes it this word rather than a deal or a promise is the level it sits at: countries, in writing, binding on the states themselves.

可以想成：兩國代表隔著一張長桌，桌上有一份文件，雙方都簽了名。讓它成為 treaty 而不是一般的協議或承諾的，是它的層級——簽的是國家，形式是白紙黑字，效力綁的是國家本身。

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原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

treatynoun/ˈtɹiːti/

  • 1

    A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.

    • to sign a peace treaty
    • to write up a treaty touching climate change
  • 2

    archaicChiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.

    • To a meeting of the executors of late Viscˢˢᵉ Mordaunt's estate, to consider of the sale of Parsons Greene; being in treaty with Mr. Loftus, and to settle the halfe yeare's account.
  • 3

    archaicChiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.

  • 4

    obsoleteThe manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.

    • Hoſ[t]. They call me Good-ſtock. / Lov[el]. Sir, and you confeſſe it, / Both i'your language, treaty, and your bearing.
  • 5

    obsoleteThe addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.

  • 6

    obsoleteA formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.

    • And though Galen doth ſometime nibble at Moſes, and beſide the Apoſtate Chriſtian, ſome Heathens have queſtioned his Philoſophicall part or treaty of the Creation: Yet is there ſurely no reaſonable Pagan, that will not admire the rationall and well grounded precepts of Chriſt; […]
    • The Miniſters in Holland did upon this occaſion ſhew a very particular violence. In their ſermons, and in ſome printed treaties, they charged the Judges with corruption, who had carried the ſentence no farther than to baniſhment: And compared the fate of the De Wits to Haman’s.
  • 7

    obsoleteAn act of beseeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request.

    • Now I must / To the young man ſend humble Treaties, dodge / And palter in the ſhifts of lovvnes, vvho / VVith halfe the bulke o' th' vvorld plaid as I pleas'd, / Making, and marring Fortunes.

treatyverb/ˈtɹiːti/

  • 1

    To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty.

  • 2

    To enter into a treaty.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。