English Dictionary

pat

IPA（発音記号）

/pæt/

形容詞

Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken. / Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.

日本語の意味

的確でぴったりとした、適切な、タイムリーな、都合の良い / 陳腐でありふれた、表面的で独創性に欠ける

Her pat comment about the schedule settled everyone's worries.

彼女のスケジュールについての的確な一言が、皆の不安を和らげた。

意味（1）

Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.

a pat expression

意味（2）

Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.

The pat answer is that college students should consider graduate school as a way to delay a job search until things turn around, and that more high school students should go to college to improve their prospects.

more pat （ comparative ）

most pat （ superlative ）