congratulate

verbC1

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

congratulates

V_ing/Gerund

congratulating

V_ed/pp

congratulatedgratulate

1.
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Remind me to congratulate Dave and Lisa on their wedding.
We must congratulate Dave and Lisa on getting married.
Đồng nghĩa: felicitate, compliment
2.
(reflexive)To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

felicitatecompliment

Cùng gốc / liên quan

uncongratulated recongratulate uncongratulatingcongratulablecongratulantcongratulatingcongratulativecongratulatorcongratulatoryself-congratulatecongratulationcongratulations

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro 1548; Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin congrātulor (to wish joy, rejoice (with); to congratulate) (see -ate), from con- + grātulor, from grātus (grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved) + -or. con- gratulate.