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”。

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。

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。