handle主要用作及物动词,宾语可以是人或事物; 偶尔用作不及物动词,其主动形式往往表示被动意义。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
This car handled easily.这辆车开起来很灵活。
The troops handled well.部队风纪良好。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
His wise father knows how to handle him.他聪明的父亲知道如何管教他。
Do you know how to handle the machine?你知道怎样操作这台机器吗?
This shop does not handle imported goods.这家商店不经销进口货。
Wash your hands before you handle my books, please.在拿我的书之前,请你先洗手。
Please don't handle the merchandise.请不要摸这些商品。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The speaker was roughly handled by the crowd.那个演说者受到了群众的侮辱。
We hold that the affairs of a given country must be handled by its own people.我们主张一个国家的事务要由那个国家的人民自己来管理。

［同义词］ v. cope, treat
［词源］＜古英语handle(某种动作的结果)

give〔put〕 a handle to
给人以姓名give a name to
I remember her face but I can't put a handle to it.我记得她的脸,但我不能叫出其姓名。

Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
Be sure to take hold of the handle of an ax when you chop things with it.你用斧头砍东西时,一定要握住斧把。
He gave her a handle against him.他给她造成了可乘之机。