commend
英 [kə'mend]***美 [kə'mɛnd]
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。
中文词源
- 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》
