喜樂美語
  1. 1nC2/ˈtriːti/條約

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

    示範例句 · Example

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

    逐字這兩個國家簽了一份和平條約，來結束這場長久的爭端。

    「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。

    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

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。

複數 treaties

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.

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