recommend
/ˌrekəˈmend/verb
with obj.
1
- put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role推荐, 举荐：
George had recommended some local architects
乔治早已推荐了一些当地建筑师
a book I recommended to a friend of mine.
我向朋友推荐的一本书。
1.1
- advise or suggest (something) as a course of action劝告做, 建议（某事）：
some doctors recommend putting a board under the mattress
有些医生建议在床垫底下放上一块木板
with clause the report recommended that criminal charges be brought.报告提议应该提出刑事指控。
1.2
- with obj. and infinitive advise (someone) to do something劝告, 建议（某人）做某事：
you are strongly recommended to seek professional advice.
力劝你寻求专业方面的咨询。
1.3
- make (someone or something) appealing or desirable使诱人, 使受欢迎：
the house had much to recommend it.
这房子有很多可取之处。
2
recommend someone/thing to
archaic commend or entrust someone or something to (someone)〈古〉把…交托给, 把…托付给：I devoutly recommended my spirit to its maker.
我虔诚地把灵魂托付给上帝。
派生词
recommendable
adjectiverecommendation
nounrecommendatory
adjectiverecommender
noun词源
late Middle English (in sense 2)： from medieval Latin recommendare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + commendare 'commit to the care of'.