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US /kəˈmɛnd/

词形变化

commends 复数 commended commendest commendeth commending commends 三单 commends commending 现在分词 commended 过去式 commended 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

推荐；称赞；把…委托

动词

称赞；表扬

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Commendation; praise.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Compliments; greetings.

    废旧 复数形式
v. C1
  1. 1.

    To congratulate or reward.

    及物

    The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.

  2. 2.

    To praise or acclaim.

    及物

    The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation.

    1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xliiij, leaf 242v Thenne Quene Gueneuer commended hym and soo dyd alle other good knyghtes made moche of hym excepte sire Gawayns bretheren / "Then Queen Guenever commended him, and so did all other good knights make much of him, except Sir Gawaine’s brethren."

  3. 3.

    To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

    及物

    After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.

  4. 4.

    To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from

    及物
  5. 5.

    To recommend.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To adorn; to set off.

    过时 及物

词汇关系

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同义词 2

remember recommend

上位词 10

name trust present mention commit praise refer entrust confide advert

词源

From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.

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