celebrate
英 [ˈsel.ə.breɪt]
美 [ˈsel.ə.breɪt]
- vt. 庆祝;举行;赞美;祝贺
- vi. 庆祝;过节;举行宗教仪式
将“celebrate”分解为“cel-e-brate”。想象有一个“celebrity”(名人)正在庆祝(celebrate)一个特别的事件,你可以通过名字的首字母来记住它:每个字母代表名人(Celebrity)的名字中的首字母。这样的联想有助于记忆整个单词的含义。
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celebrate 庆祝来自拉丁词celeber, 拥挤的,出名的。可能最终来自PIE*sker, 转,围,词源同ring, crowd. 即围起来的一群人。该词原指宗教弥撒,后指庆祝各种活动。
- 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.
- 1. The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently.
- 银行最近没几件值得庆贺的事。
- 2. She arrived in St Ives to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
- 她抵达了圣艾夫斯以庆祝女王登基25周年。
- 3. The Vietnamese government has fixed on May 19th to celebrate his anniversary.
- 越南政府已经决定于5月19日庆祝他的诞辰。
- 4. Duncan and his triumphant soldiers celebrate their military victory.
- 邓肯和他那些欢欣鼓舞的士兵们庆祝他们取得了军事胜利。
- 5. "Maybe we could celebrate tonight." — "What did you have in mind?"
- “也许今晚我们可以庆祝一下。”——“你有何打算?”