及物/不及物动词轻拍，爱抚; 拍成，拍至
名词轻拍; 轻拍某物发出的声音; 小团，小块
形容词恰好的，适当的; 熟练的; 过于巧合的，人为的; 快活的，活泼的
及物动词表扬，称赞（某人/自己）
形容词
1. His excuse was too pat for us to believe.
他的理由来得太巧合，令我们很难相信。
2. This is a pat answer.
这是妥贴的回答。
副词
1. The little boy recited the text pat.
那小男孩流利地背诵了这篇课文。
及物动词
1. The headmaster patted the pupil on the shoulder.
校长轻轻拍拍那个学生的肩膀。
Skin somebody alive-(活剥某人的皮)
A：What happened to Pat this morning? I saw him leave the classroom soon after the exam began.
帕特上午怎么了？我见他考试一开始就离开了教室。
B：He was found cheating and was driven out.
他被发现作弊，被老师赶了出来。
A：If the principal caught him cheating, he would skin him alive.
如果校长发现他作弊的话，会活剥了他他的皮。
1. 税后利润：净利润中的一部分以红利的形式分给股东:另外一部分以留存收益的形式重新投入公司. 再减去公司所得税,就得到公司的税后利润 (PAT) 或者净利润. 净利润中的一部分以红利的形式分给股东:另外一部分以留存收益的形式重新投入公司.
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2. 轻拍：在他的身后,是另外一头 dragon--PLO(巴勒斯坦解放组织),布什对它却安抚有加,正在轻拍(pat)它的头. 显然,漫画作者是在批评美国政府对不同的恐怖主义势力采取不同的态度和行动. 早在上世纪四十年代,
3. pat
3. 阵发性房性心动过速：阵发性房性心动过速(PAT)是在心房内触发,突然发生的一组规则的、快速的心率(频率160~200次/分). 病态窦房结综合征(SSS)包括心脏自然起搏功能的广泛异常.
4. pat：potassium antimonyl tartrate; 酒石酸锑钾
5. pat：positron annihilation technology; 正电子湮灭技术
6. pat：program association table; 节目关联表
7. pat：principal axis transformation; 主轴变换
1. 轻拍；轻敲
If you pat something or someone, you tap them lightly, usually with your hand held flat.
e.g. 'Don't you worry about any of this,' she said patting me on the knee...
“这个你什么都不用担心，”她轻拍着我的膝盖说。
e.g. The landlady patted her hair nervously...
女房东焦虑地轻抚着她的头发。
2. （黄油等的）小块
A pat of butter or something else that is soft is a small lump of it.
3. 敷衍的；过于简单的
If you say that an answer or explanation is pat, you disapprove of it because it is too simple and sounds as if it has been prepared in advance.
e.g. There's no pat answer to that...
那个问题不是随随便便就能回答的。
e.g. Despite the film's merits I felt it was too pat.
尽管那部电影不乏亮点，但我还是觉得它过于敷衍了事。
4. 赞许；表扬
If you give someone a pat on the back or if you pat them on the back, you show them that you think they have done well and deserve to be praised.
pat的翻译
e.g. The players deserve a pat on the back...
球员们值得表扬。
e.g. If you do something well, give yourself a pat on the back.
事情做得漂亮时，给自己一点表扬。
5. 了如指掌；完全掌握
If you have an answer or explanation down pat or off pat, you have prepared and learned it so you are ready to say it at any time.
e.g. I have my story down pat...
我对自己想好的说法已烂熟于心。
e.g. He had his answer off pat.
他对自己如何作答胸有成竹。
6. 固执己见
If you stand pat, you refuse to change your mind about something.
e.g. On the other side, the men stood pat and were unyielding...
在另一方面，那些人固执己见，不肯让步。
e.g. It makes it hard for the Fed to do anything but stand pat till the economy's direction becomes clearer.
这让美联储几乎无计可施，在经济发展方向明朗之前只好硬挺着。