recommend
Definitions
To suggest or endorse someone or something as good or suitable
推荐；举荐
To advise a course of action
建议（采取某种做法）
Root Breakdown
Native Englishre- (again) + com- + mend (the -mend spelling of mand, 'put in hand/entrust') = to commend someone again, to a third party. When you recommend a place, you hand its name to a friend with your trust attached. The same 'entrusted instruction' flavour is why 'recommend that she apply' takes the subjunctive.
Root mand still carries 33 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.strongly recommend强烈推荐
- 2.highly recommend极力推荐
- 3.recommend against建议不要
- 4.recommend doing something建议做某事
- 5.would recommend会推荐
Example Sentences
- 1.
I'd strongly recommend booking your tickets in advance.
- 2.
Can you recommend a good dentist near here?
- 3.
The committee recommended that the rule be changed.
Easily Confused
recommend vs suggest — recommend puts your own endorsement behind it ('I recommend this book' = I vouch for it); suggest just floats an option without commitment ('I suggest we leave early'). Note the grammar: 'recommend doing' or 'recommend that + subjunctive,' never 'recommend me to do.'