v. 庆祝；祝贺；举行宗教庆典；歌颂
celebrate 是及物动词，后面直接跟名词，或者用动名词，doing sth，还有that引导的宾语从句。
1.庆祝
We held a party to celebrate our success.
我们举行宴会庆祝我们的成功。
2.举行(宗教仪式);主持(圣餐等)
3.颂扬,赞美
The event was celebrated by poets and historians.
这一事件为诗人和历史学家所赞颂。
相关短语
congratulate oneself
才是：“暗自庆幸，感到幸运” 的意思
1. The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently.
银行最近没几件值得庆贺的事。
2. She arrived in St Ives to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
她抵达了圣艾夫斯以庆祝女王登基25周年。
3. The Vietnamese government has fixed on May 19th to celebrate his anniversary.
越南政府已经决定于5月19日庆祝他的诞辰。
4. Duncan and his triumphant soldiers celebrate their military victory.
邓肯和他那些欢欣鼓舞的士兵们庆祝他们取得了军事胜利。
5. "Maybe we could celebrate tonight." — "What did you have in mind?"
“也许今晚我们可以庆祝一下。”——“你有何打算？”
6. He was in no mood to celebrate.
他没心情庆祝。