Word · Frequency #6017
congratulate
/kənˈgrætʃəleit/
verb
vt. 祝贺, 庆贺
核心释义
express congratulations
- 1.
表达对他人的喜悦或祝贺
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
- 2.
在某事上自认为幸运
To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
表达对他人的喜悦或祝贺；在某事上自认为幸运；祝贺；庆贺
用法In use
I want to congratulate you on your promotion.
用法提示：动词，后接介词on表示祝贺的原因。
They congratulated the team after winning the championship.
用法提示：动词过去式，后接直接宾语。
She congratulated her friend warmly on her graduation.
用法提示：动词，带副词warmly修饰。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ulate share spelling but stress patterns vary; no perfect rhymes with 'congratulate'.
用法优先级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。
一起学习词形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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.