單詞
felicitate
英 [f?'l?s?te?t]
基本信息
- vt. 慶賀；慶祝
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?felicitates;過去式:?felicitated;過去分詞:?felicitated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?felicitating;
英文詞源
- felicitate (v.)
- 1620s, "to render happy" (obsolete); 1630s, "to reckon happy;" from Late Latin felicitatus, past participle of felicitare "to make happy," from Latin felicitas "fruitfulness, happiness," from felix "fruitful, fertile; lucky, happy" (see felicity). Meaning "congratulate, compliment upon a happy event" is from 1630s. Related: Felicitated; felicitating. Little-used alternative verb form felicify (1680s) yielded adjective felicific (1865).
雙語例句
- 1. Allow me to felicitate you upon the birth of your daughter.
- 恭賀你喜得千金.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. I felicitate myself on my narrow escape.
- 我慶幸自己死里逃生。
來自辭典例句
- 3. I felicitate you on your memory, sir ( John Fowles )
- 祝賀你有這么好的記憶, 先生 ( 約翰福爾斯 )
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