commend

• vt. 推荐；称赞；把…委托
• vi. 称赞；表扬

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

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.

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。

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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。

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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。

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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》