celebrate
英 ['selɪbreɪt]
美['sɛlɪbret]
- vt. 庆祝;举行;赞美;祝贺
- vi. 庆祝;过节;举行宗教仪式
同义词辨析
celebrate, congratulate
这两个动词均有"庆祝,祝贺"之意。
celebrate: 通常指举行盛大隆重的仪式庆祝或纪念有意义的日子或某件事情,多暗示节日般的欢乐场面。
congratulate: 指对他人祝贺为目的,希望他人幸福或走运。
双语例句
- 1. The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently.
- 银行最近没几件值得庆贺的事。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She arrived in St Ives to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
- 她抵达了圣艾夫斯以庆祝女王登基25周年。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Vietnamese government has fixed on May 19th to celebrate his anniversary.
- 越南政府已经决定于5月19日庆祝他的诞辰。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Duncan and his triumphant soldiers celebrate their military victory.
- 邓肯和他那些欢欣鼓舞的士兵们庆祝他们取得了军事胜利。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. "Maybe we could celebrate tonight." — "What did you have in mind?"
- “也许今晚我们可以庆祝一下。”——“你有何打算?”
来自柯林斯例句