congratulation

英 [kənˌɡrætʃuˈleɪʃn]

美 [kənˌɡrætʃuˈleɪʃn]

n.  祝贺; 恭贺; 贺词; (用以向人祝贺)祝贺，恭喜

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牛津词典

noun

• 祝贺；恭贺；贺词
  a message congratulating sb (= saying that you are happy about their good luck or success)
  1. to offer/send your congratulations to sb
     向某人致以祝贺
• （用以向人祝贺）祝贺，恭喜
  used when you want to congratulate sb
  1. ‘We're getting married!’ ‘Congratulations!’
     “我们要结婚了！”“恭喜恭喜！”
  2. Congratulations on your exam results!
     祝贺你考出了好成绩！
• 祝贺
  the act of congratulating sb
  1. a letter of congratulation
     贺信

柯林斯词典

• VERB 祝贺;向…道贺
  If youcongratulatesomeone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
  1. She congratulated him on the birth of his son...
     她祝贺他喜得贵子。
  2. I was absolutely astonished by the reaction to our engagement. Everyone started congratulating us.
     大家对我们订婚的反应让我非常惊讶。所有人都开始祝贺我们。
• VERB 表扬；称赞
  If youcongratulatesomeone, you praise them for something good that they have done.
  1. I really must congratulate the organisers for a well run and enjoyable event...
     活动安排得有条不紊，充满乐趣，我必须要称赞一下组织者。
  2. We specifically wanted to congratulate certain players.
     我们特别想表扬几名选手。
• VERB 为(自己)感到高兴(或自豪）
  If youcongratulate yourself, you are pleased about something that you have done or that has happened to you.
  1. Waterstone has every reason to congratulate himself...
     沃特斯通完全有理由为自己感到高兴。
  2. Journalists have been congratulating themselves on the role the press has played in the investigations.
     记者们为新闻界在调查中所起的作用感到自豪。

英英释义

noun

• the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
  Synonym:felicitation
• (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another
  1. I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage
  Synonym:felicitation

双语例句

• Take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation.
  作为一种问候或祝贺的手势，，即握着并摇动某人的手。
• He has received many letters in congratulation of his birthday.
  他收到许多祝贺他生日的信件。
• Congratulation! You are an registered user.
  祝贺！你是注册用户了。
• This is a matter for congratulation.
  这是件值得庆贺的事。
• Gradually the deference and congratulation gave her a mental appreciation of her state.
  渐渐地，别人的敬意和祝贺使她能从精神上欣赏自己的处境了。
• By the way, congratulation on managing to sit steadily for your six month old.
  顺便，恭喜你在六个月大的时候掌握了如何坐稳。
• Please accept my warmest congratulation on this20th anniversary of the founding of your business.
  在贵公司成立20周年之际，请接受我的热烈祝贺。
• Congratulation! You now have a Xen hypervisor with Dom0 running on top of it.
  祝贺您！您现在有了一个Xenhypervisor，并且其中正在运行Dom0。
• Messages of congratulation poured in.
  贺电如雪片飞来。
• She was chosen to present a letter of congratulation to the crew.
  她被选出向船员递交了一封感谢信。