祝賀;恭禧[(+on/upon)]
I congratulate you on your great discovery.
我祝賀你的偉大發現。
I want to congratulate you with all my heart.
我衷心地祝賀你。
2. (後接oneself)自我慶幸[(+on)]
He congratulated himself on having survived the air-crash.
他慶幸自己在空難中倖免於死。
con⋅grat⋅u⋅late /kənˈgrætʃəˌleɪt or, often, -ˈgrædʒ-, kəŋ-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kuhn-grach-uh-leyt or, often, -graj-, kuhng-] Show IPA
–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing. 1. to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
2. Archaic. to express sympathetic joy or satisfaction at (an event).
3. Obsolete. to salute.
Related forms:
con⋅grat⋅u⋅la⋅tor, noun
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Congratulate
Con*grat"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Congratulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Congratulating.] [L. congratulatus, p. p. of congratulari to wish joy abundantly; con- + gratulari to wish joy, from gratus pleasing. See Grateful.] To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.
It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion. --Shak.
To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate.
Syn: To Congratulate, Felicitate.
verb
1. say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper" [syn: compliment]
2. express congratulations
3. be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school" [syn: pride]
4. pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement [syn: preen]
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