celebrate

verb

/ˈselɪbreɪt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they celebrate	/ˈselɪbreɪt/ /ˈselɪbreɪt/
he / she / it celebrates	/ˈselɪbreɪts/ /ˈselɪbreɪts/
past simple celebrated	/ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/ /ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/
past participle celebrated	/ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/ /ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/
-ing form celebrating	/ˈselɪbreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈselɪbreɪtɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] to show that a day or an event is important by doing something special on it庆祝；庆贺
- Jake's passed his exams. We're going out to celebrate.杰克已通过考试，我们要外出庆祝一下。
- We had good reason to celebrate.我们有充分的理由庆祝。
- celebrate something to celebrate a birthday庆祝生日
- We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in Florence.我们在佛罗伦萨庆祝结婚 25 周年。
- to celebrate a victory/a success/an achievement庆祝胜利/成功/成就
- The Film Festival is currently celebrating its 27th year.电影节目前正在庆祝它的第27个年头。
- How do people celebrate New Year in your country?你们国家的人怎样庆贺新年？
- celebrate something with somebody/something He made the trip home to celebrate Christmas with his family.他回家和家人一起庆祝圣诞节。
- celebrate with somebody/something She celebrated with a party for family and friends.她为家人和朋友举办了一个聚会来庆祝。
- Maybe I'll celebrate with some friends.也许我会和一些朋友一起庆祝。
- celebrate doing something In this photo he celebrates winning the men's 10 000 metres final.在这张照片中，他庆祝赢得男子10 000米决赛。
Wordfinder
- anniversary
- birthday
- celebrate
- commemorate
- festivity
- jubilee
- occasion
- parade
- party
- reception
- Let's open the champagne and celebrate!让我们打开香槟庆祝吧！
- The event was celebrated with a parade.这一事件以游行庆祝。
- Australia Day is celebrated on January 26th.1月26日是澳大利亚日。
Topics Religion and festivalsa2
[transitive] celebrate something to perform a religious ceremony, especially the Christian communion service主持宗教仪式（尤指圣餐）Topics Religion and festivalsc1
[transitive] (formal) to praise somebody/something赞美；颂扬；歌颂
- celebrate somebody/something songs that celebrate the joys of romantic love颂扬浪漫爱情的喜悦的歌曲
- a movie celebrating the life and work of Nelson Mandela颂扬纳尔逊 · 曼德拉生平事迹的影片
- celebrate somebody as something The competition has millions of fans and national winners are celebrated as heroes.这场比赛有数百万粉丝，全国冠军被誉为英雄。

词源late Middle English (in sense (2)): from Latin celebrat- ‘celebrated’, from the verb celebrare, from celeber, celebr- ‘frequented or honoured’.