commend的意思

commend

英式音标[kə'mɛnd]
美式英标[kə'mend]

基本解释

vt. 推荐；称赞；把…委托

vi. 称赞；表扬

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.

实用例句

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。

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。

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。

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。

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

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