commendable

adjective
🔊/kəˈmendəbl/
🔊/kəˈmendəbl/
(formal)
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  1. deserving praise and approval值得赞扬(或嘉许)的
    • They always conduct their affairs with commendable honesty.他们总是以值得称赞的诚实来处理事务。
    • She showed commendable loyalty to the family firm.她对家族企业表现出了可嘉的忠诚。
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    • He wasn't always successful, but he made a commendable effort.他并不总是成功,但他做出了值得称赞的努力。
    • The boy showed a commendable desire to defend his mother.这个男孩表现出值得称赞的捍卫母亲的愿望。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • highly
    • very
    • entirely
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin commendabilis, from commendare, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, entrust’.