1．congratulation n．祝贺；恭贺；贺词(常用复数)
[教材原句] When Yang landed, Premier Wen Jiabao telephoned the Control Centre to offer his congratulations.
当杨利伟着陆后，温家宝总理给控制中心打电话表示他的祝贺。
(1)offer/send one's congratulations to sb. (on sth.)
(为某事)向某人表示祝贺
express/accept one's congratulations
表示/接受某人的祝贺
(2)congratulate v. 祝贺；庆贺
congratulate sb. on/upon (doing) sth.
因(做)某事向某人祝贺
congratulate oneself on sth. (为成就或成功)感到高兴，感到自豪
单句语法填空
①I want to express my sincere ________(congratulate) on your doing so well in the exam.
②You should congratulate yourself ________ having done an excellent job.
一句多译
我们祝贺王先生生意成功。
③We ____________________________ his success
in business.(congratulate)
④We _________________________________________
his success in business.(congratulation)
[词义辨析]
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congratulate
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“庆祝，祝贺”。指对某人取得的成就或喜庆之事表示祝贺，其宾语是人，表示就某事祝贺某人时，常与介词on搭配
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celebrate
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“庆祝，庆贺”。通常指举行盛大隆重的仪式庆祝或纪念有意义的日子或某件事情，多暗示节日般的欢乐场面，宾语为事件
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⑤They ________ their 25th wedding anniversary yesterday, and many relatives and friends ________ them on their silver wedding.
[答案] ①congratulations ②on ③congratulated Mr. Wang on ④offered/sent our congratulations to Mr. Wang on ⑤celebrated; congratulated
