congratulate

vt.向（某人）道贺；祝贺；（为成就或成功）感到高兴

verb

1. 向（某人）道贺；祝贺
   to tell sb that you are pleased about their success or achievements
   1. I congratulated them all on their results.
      我为他们取得的成就向他们所有人表示祝贺。
   2. The authors are to be congratulated on producing such a clear and authoritative work.
      向创作出这样一部具有权威性又清晰易懂的作品的作者们祝贺。
2. （为成就或成功）感到高兴，感到自豪
   to feel pleased and proud because you have achieved sth or been successful at sth
   1. You can congratulate yourself on having done an excellent job.
      你应该为你出色的工作感到自豪。

vt. 祝贺；恭喜；庆贺

过去分词:congratulated 过去式:congratulated 现在分词:congratulating 第三人称单数:congratulates

congratulate 道贺

con-, 强调。-grat, 感激，致意，词源同grateful, grace.

1. She could not but congratulate him.
   她只能祝贺他。
2. She congratulated him on the birth of his son
   她祝贺他喜得贵子。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. We specifically wanted to congratulate certain players.
   我们特别想表扬几名选手。
6. Waterstone has every reason to congratulate himself
   沃特斯通完全有理由为自己感到高兴。
7. 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。
8. He was generous enough to congratulate his successor on his decision.
   他十分大度地祝贺他的继任者做出了决定。
9. I should congratulate you that you resisted the temptation.
   我应向你祝贺，你抗住了这种引诱。
10. I wish to congratulate you on your being elected as President of the General Assembly.
    我谨祝贺你当选本届大会主席。
11. Let me congratulate you on your winning first place in the 100 metre dash.
    祝贺你获得百米赛跑第一名。
12. We congratulate you beforehand on your success.
    我们预祝你事业成功。
13. Go on! you are right this time. I should congratulate you.
    接着来，这次你对了！我要向你祝贺。
14. Today is his wedding day and many of his colleagues came to congratulate him.
    今天他举行婚礼，许多同事前来贺喜。
15. I want to congratulate both John and Susan and wish them well.
    我要恭喜约翰和苏珊，并祝他们幸福。
16. That's a fantastic record and you have to congratulate Sweden on it.
    你不得不祝贺瑞典队保持了这样一个奇异的纪录。
17. You did the honorable thing. I congratulate you.
    你做了件光荣的事，祝贺你。
18. I congratulate you on this marvelous opportunity.
    我恭喜你获得这样好的一个机会。
19. I must congratulate you.
    我得恭贺您。
20. It is for this reason that we wish to commend and congratulate your union for this milestone.
    就这一点而言、我们希望能称赞并恭贺贵会立下这样的里程碑，常言道；
21. I congratulate you on choosing JCU Singapore and I wish you every success.
    我祝贺您选择了JCU新加坡，并且祝愿您获得最大的成功！
22. Let's congratulate him on his great success.
    让我们祝贺他取得了这么巨大的成功。
23. Actually, I wanted to congratulate you.
    事实上，我想祝贺你。
24. I warmly congratulate you on your successful performance.
    对你们成功的演出，我表示热烈的祝贺。
25. I must congratulate you on the excellent design of the new bridge.
    我必须祝贺你为新桥梁做的优秀设计。
26. I congratulate all of you on this achievement.
    我祝贺你们的这一成就。
27. I congratulate you very heartily.
    我衷心的祝贺你。
28. Let me be the first to congratulate you.
    希望我是第一个对你表示祝贺的人。
29. I congratulate you for your very good work.
    我祝贺你，为你很好的工作。
30. I congratulate you on have achieve a great sale in the past year.
    祝贺您在过去的一年中获得了巨大的销售量。