congratulating

英 [kənˈɡrætʃuleɪtɪŋ]

美 [kənˈɡrætʃuleɪtɪŋ]

v.  向(某人)道贺; 祝贺; (为成就或成功)感到高兴，感到自豪
congratulate的现在分词

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 sent them a telegram, congratulating them on their success. If you wire Tom, please give him my hearty good wishes.
  我们给他们拍了电报，祝贺他们的成功。如果你致电汤姆，请转达我的衷心祝贺。
• Long red banners congratulating Mo hang from the sides of concrete homes along major thoroughfares.
  沿主要街道两侧的混凝土房屋边上拉着长长的红色横幅以祝贺莫言获奖。
• Please join us in congratulating Echo and in wishing him the very best in his new role.
  让我们一起祝贺运文，并祝愿他在新的岗位上一切顺利。
• His plan was such a success that even his original critics could scarcely forbear from congratulating him.
  他的计划获得如此巨大成功，就连他原来的批评者都几乎忍不住要祝贺他。
• Please join us in congratulating Mitchell for this award!
  请加入我们，祝贺米歇尔获得这个奖项！
• Just as he finished congratulating himself on his innocent ruse he was bumped hard by one of his opponents.
  就在他暗自庆幸自己那无损于人的计策的当儿，对方球队竟然有人狠狠撞了他一下。
• She was congratulating herself on her cleverness, but he was one step ahead of her.
  她正在为自己的小聪明沾沾自喜，而他已经领先她一步了。
• After a record-long worldwide expansion, policymakers were congratulating themselves on having tamed the business cycle.
  世界经济扩张的持续时间之久，已刷新纪录，政策制定者们自我庆幸，认为他们已驯服了商业周期。
• My mother joins with me in congratulating you.
  我的母亲跟我一道向你祝贺。
• You think Lionel was just congratulating him?
  会不会是恭喜他当选的？