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

• We congratulated him on having passed the interview.
  我们祝贺他通过了这次面试。
• 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。
• 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。
• I warmly congratulated him on the marvellous achievement.
  我热烈祝贺他取得了惊人的成就。
• You may be congratulated by the CEO and other leaders directly.
  你可能直接就会得到CEO和其他领导的祝贺。
• I just spoke with Governor Romney and I congratulated him and Paul Ryan on a hard-fought campaign.
  我刚刚和罗姆尼州长通了电话，向他和保罗瑞安，就这场艰难的战役表示了我的祝贺。
• I congratulated him on having passed the examination.
  他考试及格，我向他致贺。
• Tom and Mary congratulated us on the birth of our daughter.
  汤姆和玛丽为我们女儿的出生向我们表示祝贺。
• 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。
• After brief discussion, Board congratulated Swanson and asked her to pass on their congratulations to Browne as well.
  经过简短的讨论，董事会斯旺森表示祝贺，并请她转达他们的祝贺和布朗。