felicitation 的意思
祝贺; 恭喜
felicitation 的词源
felicitation(n.)
“祝贺他人幸福或好运的表达”,1709年,这个名词源自动词 felicitate。相关词汇:Felicitations。
Congratulation, like its verb congratulate, implies an actual feeling of pleasure in another's happiness or good fortune; while felicitation (with felicitate) rather refers to the expression on our part of a belief that the other is fortunate, felicitations being complimentary expressions intended to make the fortunate person well pleased with himself. [Century Dictionary]
Congratulation(祝贺)和它的动词 congratulate 都暗示了对他人幸福或好运的真实快乐感;而 felicitation(祝贺,来自 felicitate)则更侧重于我们表达对他人幸运的信念,祝贺词是为了让幸运的人对自己感到满意的恭维表达。[世纪词典]
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