Recommend
[rekə'mend] or ['rɛkə'mɛnd]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make attractive or acceptable; 'Honesty recommends any person'.
(verb.) push for something; 'The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day'.
艾弗里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.
(v. t.) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
(v. t.) To commit; to give in charge; to commend.
卡尔文校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Commend, praise, approve.[2]. Make acceptable.
錄入:斯蒂芬妮
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Commend, confide, praise, applaud, approve, advise
ANT:Discommend, disapprove, warn, dissuade
手打:莉莲
解釋/意思:
v.t. to commend to another: to bestow praise on: to introduce favourably: to give in charge: to commit as in prayer: to advise.—adj. Recommend′able that may be recommended: worthy of praise.—n. Recommend′ableness the quality of being recommendable.—adv. Recommend′ably so as to deserve recommendation.—n. Recommendā′tion act of recommending: act of introducing with commendation: repute: letter of recommendation.—adj. Recommend′ātory that recommends: commendatory.—n. Recommend′er one who or that which recommends.
哈里特編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Mrs. Hurst thought the same, and added: She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Perhaps, said Darcy, I should have judged better, had I sought an introduction; but I am ill-qualified to recommend myself to strangers. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I should recommend you also to send a note by the cabman to your wife to say that you have thrown in your lot with me. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I don't want a son-in-law who has got nothing but his relations to recommend him. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I recommend you not to bother yourself about it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I can recommend them, for I have them especially prepared by Ionides, of Alexandria. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- These were all the speeches that were made, and I recommend them to parties who present policemen with gold watches, as models of brevity and point. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He had several times been recommended for a brigadier-generalcy for gallant and meritorious conduct. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Mr. Bell has recommended me to a Mr. Thornton, a tenant of his, and a very intelligent man, as far as I can judge from his letters. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- She was soon in the room, and recommended that Arthur, whom she had left calm and composed, should not be visited that night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- She has arranged to travel by the afternoon train, as I recommended. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Sir Thomas, after a moment's thought, recommended speculation. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Dear Ma'am, replied Elinor, smiling at the difference of the complaints for which it was recommended, how good you are! 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Through the greater part of Europe, a kitchen garden is not at present supposed to deserve a better inclosure than mat recommended by Columella. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Its cheapness recommends it despite the fact that it is not of equal strength, and also that its fibers are shorter, being from two to four feet in length. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Louder, the woman recommends. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- He also recommends it to us, To speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Throw it away,' he coolly recommends as to the parasol; 'you have made it useless; you look ridiculous with it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It was not possible that the occurrence should not be strongly recommending each to the other. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Many firms, large and small, throughout the country were using and recommending the chain addressograph. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Get it soon, and let it be made by a dressmaker of my recommending. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He was repulsed on both occasions, but gained such information of the ground as to induce him to report recommending the assault. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- His method of recommending himself to me is entirely different. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Do not you remember his cutting his finger with your new penknife, and your recommending court-plaister? 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- When about sixteen years of age I happened to meet with another book, written by one Tryon, recommending a vegetable diet. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
校對:威拉德