recommend

recommander, conseiller

Dire à quelqu’un qu’une chose est bonne ou qu’il devrait la choisir ou la faire.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : suggest, endorse

Expressions courantes : recommend something, recommend to someone, highly recommend something, recommend someone

rendre attrayant

Faire paraître quelqu’un ou quelque chose attirant, adapté ou digne d’être choisi.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : commend

Expressions courantes : recommend itself, recommend someone, to recommend it