commend和recommend的区别：含义不同、用法不同。commend作为及物动词，含义为“赞扬”、“举荐”、“得到认可”、“把…托付给”，是正式用语；recommend作为动词，含义为“介绍”、“劝告”、“使显得吸引人”。
一、commend的意思及用法
commend作为及物动词，意为赞扬;推荐;举荐;(尤指公开地)称赞;表扬;受到赞同;得到认可;把…托付给（或委托于）。
例句：She was commended on her handling of the situation.
她因妥善处理了那个局面而受到表扬。
The movie has little to commend it .
这部电影乏善可陈。
His outspoken behaviour did not commend itself to his colleagues.
他直言不讳的行为不受他同事的欢迎。
We commend her soul to God.
我们把她的灵魂托付给上帝。
I commended her for that action...
我赞扬了她的那一举动。
I can commend it to him as a realistic course of action.
我可以把这作为一个切实可行的处理方法推荐给他。
The Rousseau model commended itself to a lot of early socialists.
卢梭提出的模式被很多早期的社会主义者接受。
二、recommend的意思及用法
recommend作为动词，意为推荐;举荐;介绍;劝告;建议;使显得吸引人;使受欢迎。
例句：Can you recommend a good hotel?
你能推荐一家好的饭店吗？
It is dangerous to exceed the recommended dose.
超过建议使用的剂量会有危险。
This system has much to recommend it .
这套系统有很多可取之处。
I have just spent a holiday there and would recommend it to anyone...
我刚刚在那里度过假，很想把它推荐给每一个人。
The judge recommended that he serve 20 years in prison...
法官建议判处他20年监禁。
La Noblesse restaurant has much to recommend it...
“贵族”餐馆有很多值得称道之处。
