(1) ①recommend表示“推荐,介绍”,可用recommend sth./sb. (to sb. for sth.), recommend sb. sth.,recommend sb. (for sth./as sth.)等。
- Can you recommend me another novel?
你能向我推荐另一部小说吗? - I recommended her without reservation for the job/as your secretary.
我毫无保留地推荐她担任这一工作/你的秘书。 - He has been recommended for first class honours.
他被推荐为头等荣誉的获得者。 - I recommend this medicine for your cough.
我推荐这种药来治你的咳嗽。 - What do you recommend for getting rid of woodworm in furniture?
你能推荐个好办法去除家具中的蛀虫吗?
②recommend还表示“建议,劝告”,有时可接宾语+不定式,也可接动名词。
- Do you have anything you can recommend as a cure for a headache?
你有什么好方法可以治头疼吗? - I recommend you to follow your doctor's advice.
我劝你听从医生的建议。 - They recommended (my) buying this car.
他们劝我购买这辆车。
③recommend也可接从句,从句中多用should加动词原形或将should省掉。这一点与suggest表示“建议”时所接从句相同。
- The doctor recommended that she (should) go to the country to have a complete rest.
医生建议她到乡下去彻底休息一下。
④recommend还表示“使人有好感,使有吸引力”。
- Hawaii recommends it as an ideal place for a holiday.
夏威夷是一个理想的度假胜地。 - This hotel has nothing/little to recommend it (to travellers) except cheapness.
这家旅馆除了便宜以外没有什么吸引游人的地方。
(2) ①introduce作“介绍”解,是通过介绍使相识、了解。
- She was asked to introduce her method to the other workers.
她被要求把自己的方法介绍给其他工人。 - A visit to the exhibition introduced the students to American culture.
这次参观展览使同学们了解了美国文化。 - I was first introduced to the plays of Shakespeare by my friend Frank.
我的朋友弗兰克最先介绍我了解了莎士比亚的戏剧。
②introduce还可作“传入,引入,采用”解。
- Recently he introduced a new species of apple to the region.
最近他向该地区引进了一个苹果新品种。 - Once they even thought of introducing him into the membership of the Party.
他们甚至一度想把他介绍入党。
(3) ①commend表示“称赞,赞扬”,可与praise换用。
- His work was highly commended .
他的工作受到了高度称赞。 - He was commended for his bravery/his noble spirit of sacrificing himself for others.
他因为勇敢/为了别人而牺牲自我的高尚精神受到称赞。
②commend也可表示“推荐,给……说好话”。
- I'd very much like to commend this method to you; I've tried it myself, and have always found it successful.
我很想把这方法推荐给你。我已试过了,并且发现它总是很有效。
③commend oneself to sb.意思是“受……欢迎;被……喜爱;使……感兴趣”。
- Will the proposal commend itself to the public?
这项建议会受到公众的欢迎吗? - Such TV plays don't commend themselves to me at all.
我对这些电视剧根本不感兴趣。
*关于commend, recommend另见“praise...”条。