Word · Frequency #6017
congratulate
vt. 祝贺, 庆贺
express congratulations
- 1.
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
表达对他人的喜悦或祝贺
- 2.
To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
在某事上自认为幸运
表达对他人的喜悦或祝贺；在某事上自认为幸运；祝贺；庆贺
In use
I want to congratulate you on your promotion.
They congratulated the team after winning the championship.
She congratulated her friend warmly on her graduation.
congratulate sb on sth
用于对具体事件表示祝贺。
We congratulated her on her promotion.
我们祝贺她晋升。
congratulate sb for doing sth
强调对某行为的祝贺，较正式。
He congratulated the team for winning the match.
他祝贺球队赢得了比赛。
Verb forms
base congratulate · third person congratulates · -ing congratulating · past congratulated · past participle congratulated
常用于搭配介词 on
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- congratulate someone on something
- 就某事祝贺某人
- I congratulated her on her promotion.我祝贺她升职了。
- warmly congratulate
- 热烈祝贺
- They warmly congratulated the team on their victory.他们热烈祝贺队伍取得胜利。
- congratulate oneself on something
- 为某事暗自庆幸
- He congratulated himself on making the right decision.他暗自庆幸自己做出了正确的决定。
- sincerely congratulate
- 真诚祝贺
- We sincerely congratulate you on your achievement.我们真诚地祝贺你的成就。
Idioms & figurative uses
- congratulate oneself on
- 因...而暗自庆幸She congratulated herself on her quick thinking.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想法：con-共同，grat-伟大（great），ulate-动词化。共同赞美伟大成就，即祝贺。
Context & Register
“congratulate” 通常用于各种正式和非正式场合，表达祝贺之意，语气中立。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ulate share spelling but stress patterns vary; no perfect rhymes with 'congratulate'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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