com·mend
verb/kəˈmend/
/kəˈmend/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they commend | /kəˈmend/ /kəˈmend/ |
| he / she / it commends | /kəˈmendz/ /kəˈmendz/ |
| past simple commended | /kəˈmendɪd/ /kəˈmendɪd/ |
| past participle commended | /kəˈmendɪd/ /kəˈmendɪd/ |
| -ing form commending | /kəˈmendɪŋ/ /kəˈmendɪŋ/ |
- commend somebody/something (for something/for doing something) | commend somebody/something (on something/on doing something) to praise somebody/something, especially publicly
（尤指公开地）赞扬，称赞，表扬 - She was commended on her handling of the situation.
她因妥善处理了那个局面而受到表扬。 - His designs were highly commended by the judges (= they did not get a prize but they were especially praised).
他的设计受到了评委的高度赞扬。 - His book was highly commended.
他的书受到高度赞扬。
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- for
- to
- be highly commended
- be widely commended
- something has little, much, nothing, etc. to commend it
- …
- She was commended on her handling of the situation.
- commend somebody/something (to somebody) (formal) to recommend somebody/something to somebody
推荐；举荐 - She is an excellent worker and I commend her to you without reservation.
她工作出色，我毫无保留地把她推荐给你。 - The movie has little to commend it (= it has few good qualities).
这部电影乏善可陈。
Extra ExamplesTopics Suggestions and advicec2- The proposed site has much to commend it.
拟议中的选址颇有些亮点。 - She said she would commend the proposal to the Board.
她说她会向董事会推荐这个建议。
- She is an excellent worker and I commend her to you without reservation.
- commend itself to somebody (formal) if something commends itself to somebody, they approve of it
受到赞同；得到认可 - His outspoken behaviour did not commend itself to his colleagues.
他直言不讳的行为不受他同事的欢迎。
- His outspoken behaviour did not commend itself to his colleagues.
- commend somebody/something to somebody (formal) to give somebody/something to somebody in order to be taken care of
把…托付给（或委托于） - We commend her soul to God.
我们把她的灵魂托付给上帝。
- We commend her soul to God.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin commendare, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, entrust’. Compare with command.