congratulations为口头用语,表示祝贺了。congratulation意为表扬,是书面语。
congratulation作不可数时意为“祝贺”,用于一般句中,例如:He gave a speech of congratulation for the winner.He gave sincere congratulation to him.等
congratulation作可数时只用复数形式,即congratulations,其用法有两种:
表示“贺词”,如:offer sb's congratulations on his success。
用作感叹词,如:Congratulations!Congratulations to you!Congratulations on winning the prize!等。