2congratulate yourself (on something)PROUDto feel pleased and proud of yourself because you have achieved something or something good has happened to you (因某事)为自己感到高兴[自豪]
I congratulated myself on my good fortune.
我为自己的好运气感到高兴。
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congratulate yourself (on something)• But the rivalry was friendly enough for all teams to congratulate each other on their performances.• On the dais all the boys were congratulating themselves.• One by one they congratulated themselves.• So both teams can congratulate themselves at doing so much better.• The Government are in an extraordinarily poorposition to congratulate themselves on an annusmirabilis.• The SeniorManagement team were evidently congratulating themselves on having recruited such an able young lady.• San Francisco is not in a position to congratulate itself on the success of its public schools.• I do not say this in order to congratulate myself or to put my actions in a better light.
✗Don’t say: I’d like to congratulate you for your new job.
You can also say:
Congratulations on your new job!
You congratulate someone for doing something:
She congratulated me for getting a new job.
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congratulate• I would like to congratulate all the prizewinners.• One can imagine them forthrightly shaking hands and congratulating and thanking each other, but the words are lost to posterity.• The committee is to be congratulated for presenting its findings in such an informativemanner.• You should have been allowed to congratulate her first.• I wrote a lettercongratulating him on his appointment.• The Presidentcongratulated him on winning the title.• Mr. Allason I congratulate my right hon. and learnedFriend on the abolition of compositeratetax.• In fact, he graciously congratulatedprosecutors for a job well done.• Nevertheless, Sangfroid took the answer in stride; he did not even congratulate Rosenberg.• When I congratulated the poorgirl, she almost fainted.
congratulate somebody for doing something• He's congratulated her for being so perceptive ... but says the errors were actually made on purpose.• I congratulate you for at least calling the city Lviv and not Lvov.• If you congratulate a subordinate for completing a task on schedule, you may generate a feeling of pride and accomplishment.• In fact, he graciously congratulated prosecutors for a job well done.• Keep it corked Carlsbad leaders can congratulate themselves for winning Lego when dozens of other cities wanted it.
Origincongratulate
(1500-1600)Latin past participle of congratulari“to wish happiness”, from com- ( → COM-) + gratus“pleasing”
ADVERB | VERB + CONGRATULATE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤heartily, warmly衷心地/熱烈地祝賀➤personally, publicly親自/公開祝賀◇The President himself is here to personally congratulate the winner.總統親自到場向獲勝者道賀。VERB + CONGRATULATE➤have to, must, want to, wish to, would like to不得不/必須要/想要/希望表示/謹表祝賀◇I must congratulate you on your excellent exam results.我得祝賀你取得了優異的考試成績。◇I just wanted to congratulate you on your victory.我只是想對你的勝利表示祝賀。PREPOSITION➤for因⋯祝賀◇The employees should be congratulated for the part they have played in the success.應對員工們在這次成功中所發揮的作用表示祝賀。➤on為⋯道賀◇She congratulated me warmly on my performance.她就我的表演向我熱烈道賀。◇The organizers are congratulating themselves on attracting record numbers to the event.參加這項活動的人數之多創了紀錄,組織者感到非常自豪。PHRASES➤sb is to be congratulated某人將受到祝賀◇The company is to be congratulated on its success.該公司將因其成功而接受祝賀。➤to join sb in congratulating sb加入某人祝賀⋯◇Please join me in congratulating Luke on an outstanding season.請和我一起為盧克在賽季中的傑出表現表示祝賀。