一、详细释义:
v.
祝贺,贺喜 [T]
例句:
I congratulate you from the very bottom of my heart.
我衷心地向你表示祝贺。
例句:
Let us congratulate you on your graduation from the university .
我们祝贺你大学毕业。
二、词义辨析:
celebrate,congratulate
这两个动词均有“庆祝,祝贺”之意。celebrate通常指举行盛大隆重的仪式庆祝或纪念有意义的日子或某件事情,多暗示节日般的欢乐场面。congratulate指对他人祝贺为目的,希望他人幸福或走运。
三、参考例句:
Let me congratulate you.
请允许我向您表示祝贺。
I congratulate myself upon my narrow escape.
我庆幸自己死里逃生。
I congratulate you on this marvelous opportunity.
恭喜你获得这样一个极好的机会。
Let me congratulate you on your achievement.
请允许我为您的成就向您表示祝贺。
Waterstone has every reason to congratulate himself.
沃特斯通完全有理由为自己感到高兴。
I congratulate you with all my heart.
我衷心祝贺你。
He never even stopped to congratulate me.
他甚至没有过来向我祝贺。
I congratulate you on your exam results.
我祝贺你考试取得好成绩。
I want to congratulate you with all my heart.
我衷心地祝贺你。
You can congratulate yourself on having done a good job.
你的工作做得很出色, 你应该感到自豪.