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- congratulate [kən'grætjυ"leɪt]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
[
usually foll by on] to communicate pleasure, approval, or praise to (a person or persons); compliment -
2.
vt.
[
often foll by on] to consider (oneself) clever or fortunate (as a result of)- she congratulated herself on her tact
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3.
vt.
[obsolete]
to greet
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4.
vt.
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin congr
a tula ri , from gra tula ri to rejoice, from gra tus pleasing
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1.
vt.
[tr]
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Examples
- congratulate the winner
- 向优胜者祝贺 → congratulate
- to congratulate sb on sth/on doing sth
- 祝贺某人某事/做某事 → congratulate
- 恭喜! 恭喜! 恭喜你们试验成功!
- Congratulations! Congratulations! I congratulate you on the success of your experiment. → 恭喜
- 我们道喜来了。
- We've come to congratulate you. → 来
- 今天他举行婚礼，许多同事前来贺喜。
- Today is his wedding day and many of his colleagues came to congratulate him. → 前来
- 庆贺老张得奖
- congratulate Lao Zhang on winning the award → 庆贺
- 祝贺艺术家们演出成功
- congratulate the artists on their successful performance → 祝贺
- 道贺
- congratulate → 贺
- 祝寿
- congratulate (an elderly person) on his or her birthday → 寿
- 我今天是特意来拜贺二位新婚的。
- I'm here today to congratulate you both for tying the knot. → 拜贺
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