Back-patting
n. 赞许(或同意、激励、祝贺)的表示(拍肩、背)
🧩 词语组成解析
back
[bæk]
n. 背，背部;背面，反面;后面，后部;（椅子等的）靠背;
vt. 使后退;支持;加背书于;下赌注于;
vi. 后退;倒退;
adj. 背部的;后面的;以前的;拖欠的;
adv. 以前;向后地;
v. 轻拍( pat的现在分词 ); 拍成, 拍至; 表扬, 称赞（某人/自己）
🗣️ 情景例句
But it's kind of small also. We must've bought the wrong size.
但它也有点小了。我们一定买错了尺寸。
You can't make something out of nothing.
巧妇难为无米之炊。
Yet a great many processes depending on such research are sought for with complete secrecy until the stage at which patents can be taken out.
然而，依赖这种研究的很多工艺程序是在完全保密的情况下进行的，直到可以取得专利权的阶段为止。