commend /kəˈmɛnd/ CET6 TEM4 ( commending, commended, commends )

• 1. 

  V-T If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally. 表杨; 称赞 [正式]

  例：

  I commended her for that action.

  我表扬了她的那次表现。

  例：

  The reports commend her bravery.

  报告称赞她的英勇。

• 2. 

  commendation N-COUNT 表扬; 称赞

  例：

  Clare won a commendation for bravery in 1998 after risking his life at the scene of a gas blast.

  1998年克莱尔因在一次瓦斯爆炸现场甘冒生命危险的勇敢行为而荣获嘉奖。

• 3. 

  V-T If someone commends a person or thing to you, they tell you that you will find them good or useful. 推荐 [正式]

  例：

  I can commend it to him as a realistic course of action.

  我可以把它作为一套现实的行动方案推荐给他。