核心畫面

Picture the act of telling someone you are glad for them, packed up as a noun. English then lets you point at three slightly different things with it: the act itself, the word you shout, and the message you send. In practice the plural does most of the work, because it is what people actually say.

可以想成:把「向別人道賀」這個動作包成一個名詞。接著英文讓你用它指三樣有點不同的東西:那個動作本身、你喊出來的那一聲更多收起可以想成:把「向別人道賀」這個動作包成一個名詞。接著英文讓你用它指三樣有點不同的東西:那個動作本身、你喊出來的那一聲、以及你寄過去的那段話。實際使用上,複數形做了大部分的工作,因為那才是人們真正說出口的形式。

From the picture

說出口與送出去的賀詞

從行為走到內容:真正被說出來、被寫下來的那些話——所以這兩層幾乎都用複數。

congratulations! (exclamation) · noun · A2

a word you say when you want to tell someone you are happy about their success or good news.

恭喜

Also in this word

act of congratulating · noun · B1

the act of telling someone you are happy about their success or good news — often in writing, and used without a/an.

祝賀;道賀

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

congratulationnoun/kənˌɡɹæd͡ʒʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

  • 1

    The act of congratulating.

    • May I present my warmest congratulations?

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。