1. 赞扬;赞许
    If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.

    e.g. I commended her for that action...
           我赞扬了她的那一举动。
    e.g. I commend Ms. Orth on writing such an informative article...
           我对奥思太太写出内容如此翔实的文章表示赞许。

2. 推荐;举荐
    If someone commends a person or thing to you, they tell you that you will find them good or useful.

    e.g. 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。

3. 被接受;得到认可
    If something commends itself to you, you approve of it.

    e.g. 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。

4. 令人称道/乏善可陈
    If you say that something has much to commend it, you approve of it. If you say that something has little to commend it, you disapprove of it.

    e.g. The Prime Minister's initiative has much to commend it.
           首相的新方案有不少令人赞许之处。