congratulate

プログレッシブ英和中辞典(第４版)の解説

^*con・grat・u・late

/knrǽtulèit/

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1 ［III[名]（[副]）］〈人に〉（…のことで）お祝いを言う, 祝詞を述べる((on, upon ...))

• congratulate a person on his engagement
  人の婚約を祝う
• Let me congratulate you on your success.
  成功おめでとう.

▼congratulate his engagement ［your success］の型は今は((古)).

2 ((～ -self))（…が）運よくできたことを喜ぶ((on, upon ..., that節))

• He congratulated himself on his escape ［on having escaped, that he had escaped］.
  運よく逃れることができて彼は喜んだ.

［ラテン語congrātulāt (us)（con-十分に＋gratus喜ばしい＋-ATE¹＝十分に喜びを願う）］

con・grát・u・là・tor

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