We felicitated John on his engagement to marry.

我们祝贺约翰订婚。

The whole family felicitated John on his new appointment.

全家为约翰新的任命向他表示祝贺。

When Carrie had gone , he felicitated himself upon her good opinion.

嘉莉走后，他庆幸自己获得了她的好感。

The young man's friends felicitated him for his engagement to marry.

那年轻人的朋友们祝贺他订婚之喜。

The former secretly felicitated not being the latter, while sympathized them.

前者既有同情心又在暗自为自己不是后者而庆幸；