felicitate是什么意思
英文词源
- felicitate (v.)
- 1620s, "to render happy" (obsolete); 1630s, "to reckon happy;" from Late Latin felicitatus, past participle of felicitare "to make happy," from Latin felicitas "fruitfulness, happiness," from felix "fruitful, fertile; lucky, happy" (see felicity). Meaning "congratulate, compliment upon a happy event" is from 1630s. Related: Felicitated; felicitating. Little-used alternative verb form felicify (1680s) yielded adjective felicific (1865).
实用例句
- 1. Allow me to felicitate you upon the birth of your daughter.
- 恭贺你喜得千金.来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. I felicitate myself on my narrow escape.
- 我庆幸自己死里逃生。来自辞典例句
- 3. I felicitate you on your memory, sir ( John Fowles )
- 祝贺你有这么好的记忆, 先生 ( 约翰福尔斯 )来自互联网
