Have sth. pat
对某事了如指掌
🧩 词语组成解析
have
[hæv]
aux. 用以构成完成式及完成式的不定式，表示已经…;
vt. 有，具有;拿，取得;从事;必须，不得不;
n. 〈口〉有产者，有钱人;富国;〈英俚〉欺骗，诈骗;
have=possess持有 → 有
pat
[[pæt]]
n. 轻拍\\nv. 轻拍\\nadv. 适时, 正好, 恰好, 毫不迟疑, 熟记地\\na. 恰好的, 合适的, 熟练的, 坚定的, 人为的
🗣️ 情景例句
Maybe so, but parades always make me feel like a kid.
也许是 但这些游行总是让我觉得像小孩子。
Too much spoils, too little is nothing.
过多反坏事，太少不济时。
This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德。布洛斯就是一个例子。