recommend

empfehlen

Jemandem sagen, dass etwas gut ist oder dass er es wählen oder tun sollte.

In einfachem Englisch: To tell someone that something is good or that they should choose or do it.

• Can you recommend a hotel?
• She recommended taking the bus.
• My teacher recommended this book to me.

So benutzt man es: recommend something to someone (I recommended this book to my sister.); recommend doing something (The doctor recommended resting for a few days.); recommend that… (I recommend that you book early.)

Synonyme: suggest, endorse

Häufige Wendungen: recommend something, recommend to someone, highly recommend something, recommend someone

empfehlenswert machen

Eine Person oder Sache attraktiv, geeignet oder als gute Wahl erscheinen lassen.

In einfachem Englisch: To make someone or something seem attractive, suitable, or worth choosing.

• The plan has much to recommend it.
• His experience recommends him for this role.
• The village’s quiet streets recommend it to older visitors.

So benutzt man es: have something to recommend it (The house has its large garden to recommend it.); recommend someone/something to someone (Her patience recommended her to the selection panel.)

Synonyme: commend

Häufige Wendungen: recommend itself, recommend someone, to recommend it