- A celebration is a joyful diversion. Your math class might have a celebration when you learn that the midterm has been postponed for a week.
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- n. 庆典，庆祝
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1. birthday celebrations, wedding celebrations
生日／结婚庆典
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2. Her triumph was a cause for celebration.
她的胜利是庆祝的理由。
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3. a party in celebration oftheir fiftieth wedding anniversary
庆祝他们金婚纪念的聚会
- celebration (n.) 1520s, "honoring of a day or season by appropriate festivities," formed in English from celebrate, or else from Latin celebrationem (nominative celebratio) "numerous attendance" (especially upon a festival celebration), noun of action from past participle stem of celebrare. Meaning "performance of a religious ceremony" (especially the Eucharist) is from 1570s; that of "extolling in speeches, etc." is from 1670s.
cele·bra·tion ★ / ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn ; NAmE ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn / noun 1 ★ [countable ] a special event that people organize in order to celebrate sth 庆典；庆祝活动 ◆ birthday/wedding celebrations 生日／结婚庆典 2 ★ [uncountable , countable ] the act of celebrating sth 庆祝；颂扬 ◆ Her triumph was a cause for celebration. 她的胜利是庆祝的理由。 ◆ a party in celebration oftheir fiftieth wedding anniversary 庆祝他们金婚纪念的聚会 ◆ The service was a celebration of his life (= praised what he had done in his life). 举行的宗教礼仪颂扬了他的一生。 celebration celebrations cele·bra·tion / ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn ; NAmE ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn /
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