舉出來說「這個好」
三個義項共用一個動作：把某物舉到人前、說它值得。差別只在舉的是「東西/人」還是「該採取的做法」，以及第三個把這動作翻成「有多少好處可舉」。
suggest as good · verb · B1
To say that something or someone is good, so that another person might choose or use them.
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You can picture recommend as 'holding something up to someone and saying: this is good, take it'. You put a thing, a person, or a course of action forward as worth choosing. From that gesture grow 'I advise you to do this (because I know about it)' and the fixed phrase that measures how much good a thing has to be put forward in the first place.
可以想成 recommend 是「把某樣東西舉到別人面前，說：這個好，你拿去吧」。你把一件東西、一個人、或一個做法推…更多收起
可以想成 recommend 是「把某樣東西舉到別人面前，說：這個好，你拿去吧」。你把一件東西、一個人、或一個做法推到對方眼前，當成值得選的來介紹。從這個動作長出「我建議你這麼做（因為我內行）」，以及一個衡量「一樣東西到底有多少好處可以拿出來說嘴」的固定片語。From the word’s history
From Medieval Latin recommendare, from re- + commendare 'to commit to one's care, to entrust; to praise'. To recommend is at root to entrust something to another while praising it — putting it forward as worth their care.
源自中世紀拉丁文 recommendare，由 re- 加 commendare（託付、交付照管；稱讚）組成。recommend 的底層動作比較像「一邊稱讚、一邊把某物交託給別人」——把它推到對方面前，當成值得他接手的好東西。
etymonline.com/word/recommend
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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
recommendverb/ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
- 1
To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
- The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- 2
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
- A city that has much to recommend it.
- 3
To advise, propose, counsel favorably.
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body.
- 4
archaicTo commit, to confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations.
- A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery.
recommendnoun/ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
- 1
A recommendation.
- "I'm glad to have a recommend from that quarter. Airheart's skipper of the San Jose now. […]"
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。