congratulated

英 [kənˈɡrætʃuleɪtɪd]

美 [kənˈɡrætʃuleɪtɪd]

v.  向(某人)道贺; 祝贺; (为成就或成功)感到高兴，感到自豪
congratulate的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• I warmly congratulated him on the marvellous achievement.
  我热烈祝贺他取得了惊人的成就。
• Pauls classmates congratulated him on his winning the first prize.
  保罗的同学们祝贺他获得了一等奖。
• We congratulated him on having passed the interview.
  我们祝贺他通过了这次面试。
• Upon reaching point B, you are congratulated and your time is recorded.
  一旦达到B点，你是祝贺和您的时间记录。
• The US congratulated Mr Morsi but urged him to advance national unity.
  美国对穆尔西表示了祝贺，但敦促他推进国家团结。
• She wrung his hand and congratulated him on his epoch-making feat.
  她紧握着他的手，祝贺他创造了划时代的功绩。
• Your general manager congratulated me on my purchase.
  贵公司的总经理祝贺我购买了丰田汽车。
• You are to be congratulated.
  可喜可贺。
• You say Alan is to be congratulated, but I think I'm to be congratulated, too.
  你说该恭喜，我想我也该得到恭喜。
• He congratulated the counsel for the defence on his "loyalty," and skilfully took advantage of this loyalty.
  他对辩护律师的忠诚表示祝贺，并且巧妙地利用了他的忠诚。