- To celebrate means to mark a special day, event, or holiday. You might celebrate a birthday, a religious holiday, or even the anniversary of a famous battle.
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- v. 庆祝；
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1. 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。
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2. How do people celebrate New Year in your country?
你们国家的人怎样庆贺新年？
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3. We had a tea party to celebrate our headmaster's wedding.
我们为庆祝校长的婚礼举行了一次茶会。
- celebrate (v.) mid-15c., "to perform publicly with appropriate rites," originally of the Mass, from Latin celebratus "much-frequented; kept solemn; famous," past participle of celebrare "assemble to honor," also "to publish; sing praises of; practice often," originally "to frequent in great numbers," from celeber "frequented, populous, crowded;" with transferred senses of "well-attended; famous; often-repeated." Its etymology is unknown.
cele·brate ★ / ˈselɪbreɪt ; NAmE ˈselɪbreɪt / verb 1 ★ [intransitive , transitive ] to show that a day or an event is important by doing sth 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。 celebratesth ◆ We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in Florence. 我们在佛罗伦萨庆祝结婚 25 周年。 ◆ How do people celebrate New Year in your country? 你们国家的人怎样庆贺新年？ 2 [transitive ] celebratesth to perform a religious ceremony, especially the Christian Communionservice 主持宗教仪式（尤指圣餐） 3 [transitive ] celebratesb/sth ( formal) to praise sb/sth 赞美；颂扬；歌颂 ◆ a movie celebrating the life and work of Martin Luther King 颂扬马丁 · 路德 · 金生平事迹的影片 celebrate celebrates celebrated celebrating cele·brate / ˈselɪbreɪt ; NAmE ˈselɪbreɪt /
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