今日短語：Pat yourself on the back 表揚(yáng)自己

在生活中，輕輕拍打他人后背的動(dòng)作往往被用來表達(dá)自己對(duì)他人的肯定和贊賞。這個(gè)動(dòng)作在英語中對(duì)應(yīng)的說法是 “pat someone on the back”，其字面意思是 “拍打一個(gè)人的后背”， 實(shí)際用來比喻鼓勵(lì)、表揚(yáng)、稱贊一個(gè)人。注意：不論是 “pat someone on the back” 還是 “pat yourself on the back”，并不是真的需要去 “拍打后背”，這只是一個(gè)比喻。


例句
You did really well in the exam! You should pat yourself on the back.
你考得非常好！你應(yīng)該好好表揚(yáng)一下自己。

I bought a present to pat myself on the back for getting a new job.
我找到了新工作，作為獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，我給自己買了一個(gè)禮物。

Don't pat yourself on the back yet – we haven't finished!
先別著急表揚(yáng)自己，我們事情還沒做完呢！