單詞
celebrate
英 ['sel?bre?t]
美['s?l?bret]
基本信息
- vt. 慶祝；舉行；贊美；祝賀
- vi. 慶祝；過節；舉行宗教儀式
CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6中頻詞核心詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?celebrates;過去式:?celebrated;過去分詞:?celebrated;現在分詞:?celebrating;
中文詞源
celebrate 慶祝
來自拉丁詞celeber, 擁擠的，出名的。可能最終來自PIE*sker, 轉，圍，詞源同ring, crowd. 即圍起來的一群人。該詞原指宗教彌撒，后指慶祝各種活動。
英文詞源
- celebrate (v.)
- mid-15c., originally of the Mass, from Latin celebratus "much-frequented; kept solemn; famous," past participle of celebrare "assemble to honor," also "to publish; sing praises of; practice often," originally "to frequent in great numbers," from celeber "frequented, populous, crowded;" with transferred senses of "well-attended; famous; often-repeated." Related: Celebrated; celebrating.
雙語例句
- 1. The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently.
- 銀行最近沒幾件值得慶賀的事。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She arrived in St Ives to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
- 她抵達了圣艾夫斯以慶祝女王登基25周年。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Vietnamese government has fixed on May 19th to celebrate his anniversary.
- 越南政府已經決定于5月19日慶祝他的誕辰。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Duncan and his triumphant soldiers celebrate their military victory.
- 鄧肯和他那些歡欣鼓舞的士兵們慶祝他們取得了軍事勝利。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. "Maybe we could celebrate tonight." — "What did you have in mind?"
- “也許今晚我們可以慶祝一下。”——“你有何打算？”
來自柯林斯例句
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