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/kuh-mend/US // kəˈmɛnd //UK // (kəˈmɛnd) //

表扬,称赞,赞扬,褒奖

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend: to commend a friend to another; to commend an applicant for employment.
    • : to entrust; give in charge; deliver with confidence: I commend my child to your care.
    • : to cite or name with approval or special praise: to commend a soldier for bravery.
    • : Feudal Law. to place under another's protection so as to become his vassal.
    • : Archaic. to recommend to the kind remembrance of another.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbrecommend, praise
Forms: commended

Examples

  • The officer, Eugene Goodman, had already been commended for leading rioters away from the Senate chamber as it was being evacuated, an act of heroism documented on a reporter’s cellphone and widely circulated.

  • On the eve of Republic Day, president Ram Nath Kovind also commended the economy for recovering quickly after lockdown restrictions were lifted in phases.

  • Whether it stems from opportunism or sheer ambition, the Blue Jays should be commended for extending themselves to give their fans a title contender in 2021 and well into the future.

  • Still, author Kyl Myers should be commended for not throwing in the towel with hurricane force.

  • I definitely commend all the girls, all of us, for stepping up and standing up, even though there could have been consequences.

  • Still, there is plenty to commend about Cotton, and he is a formidable candidate.

  • Sadly, their families are typically the only ones left to commend, since most of the awardees are dead.

  • I commend her for standing by her friend and going on record as a character witness.

  • The want Dr. St. James to remain in the classroom, and commend Millikin for standing by him.

  • I commend him for doing so, and for the immense amount of good he has done in that role.

  • Speaking as a Russian and also as one who has travelled all over the world, I say, commend me to England for comfort.

  • They neither approve nor disapprove, commend or condemn, till they have consulted his looks and his countenance.

  • Cycling does not appear to commend itself greatly to the Spanish idea of recreation.

  • That is a philanthropic wrinkle for chapel keepers and other compounders of business and piety which we commend to special notice.

  • We must also commend Harris for supplying a consistent and relatively believable motivation for the main action.