celebrate
verb🔊/ˈselɪbreɪt/
🔊/ˈselɪbreɪt/
Verb Forms
| 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其成立27周年。 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. 他回家旅行与家人庆祝圣诞节。 - celebrate with somebody/something
She celebrated with a party for family and friends. 她为家人和朋友举办派对庆祝。 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10000米决赛。
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsa2Let's open the champagne and celebrate! 让我们打开香槟庆祝吧！ The event was celebrated with a parade. 通过游行庆祝该活动。 Australia Day is celebrated on January 26th. 1月26日是澳大利亚国庆日。
- [transitive] celebrate something
to perform a religious ceremony, especially the Christian communion service 主持宗教仪式（尤指圣餐） - [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. 比赛有数百万的球迷，全国冠军被誉为英雄。
- celebrate somebody/something
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from Latin celebrat- ‘celebrated’, from the verb celebrare, from celeber, celebr- ‘frequented or honoured’.