gratulate

v. 欢迎, 祝

发音

其它 /ˈɡɹætjʊleɪt/
其它 /ˈɡɹætjʊleɪt/

词形变化

gratulated gratulates 三单 gratulates gratulating gratulating 现在分词 gratulated 过去式 gratulated 过去分词 more gratulate 比较级 most gratulate 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To express joy at (an event or situation).

    古体
  2. 2.

    To greet, welcome, salute.

    古体

    1822, William Wordsworth, “Recovery” (Ecclesiastical Sketches/Sonnets, VII) in The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1827, Volume 3, p. 33, […] when a storm hath ceased, the birds regain / Their cheerfulness, and busily retrim / Their nests, or chant a gratulating hymn / To the blue ether and bespangled plain;

    1881, James Thomson, “Two Sonnets,” II, in Vane’s Story, Weddah and Om-el-Bonain, and Other Poems, London: Reeves & Turner, p. 166, Striving to sing glad songs, I but attain / Wild discords sadder than Grief’s saddest tune / As if an owl with his harsh screech should strain / To over-gratulate a thrush of June.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Worthy of gratulation.

    废旧

词源

First attested circa 1567; borrowed from Latin grātulātus, perfect active participle of grātulor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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