commend
英 [k?'mend]
美[k?'m?nd]
- vt. 推薦；稱贊；把…委托
- vi. 稱贊；表揚
CET6TEM4IELTS考研低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?commends;過去式:?commended;過去分詞:?commended;現(xiàn)在分詞:?commending;
助記提示
1. mend: 媽媽在臨終前還在幫我們縫補.
2. recommend => commend.
2. recommend => commend.
中文詞源
commend 稱贊
com-, 強調(diào)。-mend, 手，操縱，委托，詞源同manual, mandate. 原指托付給別人，稱贊。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. I commend Ms. Orth on writing such an informative article.
- 我對奧思太太寫出內(nèi)容如此翔實的文章表示贊許。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Prime Minister's initiative has much to commend it.
- 首相的新方案有不少令人贊許之處。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I can commend it to him as a realistic course of action.
- 我可以把這作為一個切實可行的處理方法推薦給他。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Both readers commend Knutson for his scrupulous attention to detail.
- 兩位讀者都稱贊克努森對細節(jié)一絲不茍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. His ideas do not commend themselves to me.
- 他的看法沒給我留下好的印象.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》