commendcom•mend /kə'mend/

vt 正式

1. 表扬，称赞

• commend sb.for his bravery 赞扬某人的勇敢

• Her work was highly commended. 她的工作受到高度称赞。

2. 推荐

• The new book does not have much to commend it. 这本新书没有多少值得推崇之处。

3. 古 把…交托给

• She commended her child to my care. 她把孩子交托给我照顾。

词组commend itself to 给…以好印象；被…接受

• The film didn't commend itself to me. 我不喜欢这部电影。

commend me to [用作反语]我宁愿要…我要…才怪呢

• Commend me to a better life. 我宁愿过好一点的生活。

• Commend me to a leaky house on a rainy day. 雨天我要漏水的房子才怪呢。