commend

• vt. 推薦；稱讚；把…委托
• vi. 稱讚；表揚

com-, 強調。-mend, 手，操縱，委托，詞源同manual, mandate. 原指托付給別人，稱讚。

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.

我對奧思太太寫出內容如此翔實的文章表示讚許。

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讚許之處。

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.

兩位讀者都稱讚克努森對細節一絲不苟。

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》