v.推荐；称赞；嘉奖；把 ... 托付给
I should like to commend this method to you. 我想向您推荐这一方法。
I'd like to commend him to my friends. 我愿意把他推荐给我的朋友们。
He commend them for their enthusiasm. 他称赞他们的热情。
The guests commend him upon his good manners 客人们称赞他有礼貌。
His work was highly commended. 他的工作备受赞赏。
She commended the child to her sister's care. 她将孩子委托给她妹妹照管。
commend的基本意思是“表扬”“称赞”,多指有节制地赞许,其目的在于要人们注意某人或某事的优点和长处。用于及物动词,后跟简单宾语。
commend的宾语后常接介词for,动词宾语为人,介词宾语为事,表示“因…称赞”。commend的宾语后面接介词to,表示“向…推荐; 托付; 给…留下好印象”。
commend可用于被动结构。
