commend

英 [kə'mend] 美 [kə'mɛnd]
  • vt. 推荐;称赞;把…委托
  • vi. 称赞;表扬

助记提示


1. mend: 妈妈在临终前还在帮我们缝补.
2. recommend => commend.

中文词源


commend 称赞

com-, 强调。-mend, 手,操纵,委托,词源同manual, mandate. 原指托付给别人,称赞。

英文词源


commend (v.)
mid-14c., comenden, from Latin commendare "to commit to the care or keeping (of someone), to entrust to; to commit to writing;" hence "to set off, render agreeable, praise," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + mandare "to commit to one's charge" (see mandate (n.)). In some senses, a shortening of recommend. Related: Commended; commending.

双语例句


1. I commend Ms. Orth on writing such an informative article.
我对奥思太太写出内容如此翔实的文章表示赞许。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The Prime Minister's initiative has much to commend it.
首相的新方案有不少令人赞许之处。

来自柯林斯例句

3. I can commend it to him as a realistic course of action.
我可以把这作为一个切实可行的处理方法推荐给他。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Both readers commend Knutson for his scrupulous attention to detail.
两位读者都称赞克努森对细节一丝不苟。

来自柯林斯例句

5. His ideas do not commend themselves to me.
他的看法没给我留下好的印象.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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