1
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。
vt. 祝贺, 庆贺
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vt. 祝贺, 庆贺
express congratulations
We congratulated her on her promotion.
我们祝贺她晋升。
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
在某事上自认为幸运
To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
congratulate
Base
原形
congratulates
3rd person
第三人称单数
congratulating
-ing
现在分词
congratulated
Past
过去式
congratulated
Past participle
过去分词
I congratulate you on your success.
我祝贺你的成功。
She congratulated him on his promotion.
她祝贺他的晋升。
常用于搭配介词 on
I want to congratulate you on your promotion.
我想祝贺你升职。
They congratulated the team after winning the championship.
他们庆祝团队赢得冠军后表示了祝贺。
She congratulated her friend warmly on her graduation.
她热情地祝贺朋友毕业。
用于对具体事件表示祝贺。
We congratulated her on her promotion.
我们祝贺她晋升。
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。
Not this
I congratulated him for his promotion.
Use this
I congratulated him on his promotion.
中文学习者常误用介词 'for' 搭配 'congratulate'，而正确搭配是 'congratulate someone on something'。
Not this
She congratulated me my graduation.
Use this
She congratulated me on my graduation.
缺少介词 'on' 是常见错误，'congratulate' 需接介词 'on' 引出祝贺的内容。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
就某事祝贺某人
I congratulated her on her promotion.
我祝贺她升职了。
热烈祝贺
They warmly congratulated the team on their victory.
他们热烈祝贺队伍取得胜利。
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。
真诚祝贺
We sincerely congratulate you on your achievement.
我们真诚地祝贺你的成就。
因...而暗自庆幸
She congratulated herself on her quick thinking.
她为自己敏捷的思维而暗自庆幸。
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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。
“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。
Words ending in -ulate share spelling but stress patterns vary; no perfect rhymes with 'congratulate'.
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