treat(v.)
treat(n.)
14世纪后期,“讨论条款的行动”,来自 treat(动词)。 “提供食品和饮料的款待,作为礼物或表示尊重的表达”(1650年代)的意义在1770年代被扩展到“任何能带来很多乐趣的事情”。
What treat can we have now? If we were to treat ourselves now—that is, to have dainties a little above our means, it would be selfish and wicked. It is the very little more that we allow ourselves beyond what the actual poor can get at that makes what I call a treat .... But now—what I mean by the word—we never do make much of ourselves. None but the poor can do it. I do not mean the veriest poor of all, but persons as we were, just above poverty. [Lamb, "Old China"]
我们现在能有什么款待呢?如果我们现在自己款待自己——也就是说,吃一些超出我们能力范围的美食,那就是自私和邪恶的。正是我们比真正的穷人多允许自己一点点,才能让我所说的款待成为一种享受……但现在——我所说的意思是——我们从来没有把自己看得太重。只有穷人才能这样做。我不是指最穷的人,而是像我们一样,刚好在贫困线上的人。[兰姆,“旧中国”]
该词起源时间:14世纪末