recommendation
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rec·om·men·da·tion /ˌrekəmenˈdeɪʃən/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun 1 [countable]ADVISE official advice given to someone, especially about what to do 正式建议；提议 We will review the case and make a recommendation to the client. 我们将审查此案，然后向当事人提出建议。recommendation for recommendations for school reform 学校改革的建议recommendation of the main recommendations of the report 报告的主要建议recommendation that We are making no recommendation that children should use Standard English. 我们并不是建议儿童一定要使用标准英语。recommendation to do something a recommendation to replace the existing system 更换现有系统的建议2 [uncountable]SUGGEST a suggestion to someone that they should choose a particular thing or person that you think is very good 建议；推荐on somebody’s recommendation Academic staff are appointed on the recommendation of a committee. 教员是委员会推荐任命的。3 [countable] (also letter of recommendation) especially American EnglishBESE a formal letter or statement saying that someone would be a suitable person to do a job, take a course of study etc 推荐信 Try to get letters of recommendation from bosses and colleagues. 设法得到老板和同事的推荐信。n COLLOCATIONSverbsmake a recommendationThe inspectors will make their recommendations to the Environment Secretary.accept a recommendationThe president accepted the report’s recommendations.approve/adopt a recommendationThe council approved the committee’s recommendation.implement recommendationsWe will implement the recommendations of the Woolf Report to improve prison conditions.adjectivesthe main recommendationOne of the main recommendations in the report is more parental involvement in education.specific/detailed recommendationsWe made a large number of specific recommendations for improving women’s mental health.a clear recommendationThe report offered no clear recommendations or policy guidelines.
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recommendation• Schatz's former employer wrote him a recommendation.• Dulles did more than make the customary recommendations that the policies of the colonial powers keep abreast of local political aspirations.• In addition, the consultants prepared a series of flip charts for Rice to use in presenting his recommendations.• The Geneva group describes peer review, voluntary, and mandatory monitoring schemes, but makes no recommendations.• The committee made a number of recommendations for improving standards in schools.• I bought the house on the realtor's recommendation and have regretted it ever since.• Unless the report's recommendations are implemented soon, the future for industry could be very bleak indeed.• The railway companies seem to completely ignore safety recommendations.• We accept that recommendation and will act on it as soon as possible.• And that is the recommendation officers of the club are to put to members following an executive committee meeting at the weekend.• Unlike SSAPs, SORPs are not mandatory but companies are encouraged to comply with the recommendations that they make.• The recommendations now move to the congressional intelligence committees, which are expected to introduce legislation incorporating the recommendations.• The review bodies are independent but Government has the option of modifying their recommendations.• By law, the President of the United States must act on this recommendation by August 29,2000.• The consultants have made several very good and valid recommendations.make ... recommendation• The staff and advisory commissions also make recommendations, in one-page position papers.• To be sure, people in the Southwest Marketing and Distribution Division grew much better at making recommendations.• It will be several weeks or longer before the committee makes a recommendation to the City Council.• He stopped short of making recommendations about weapons programs in his 90-minute meeting at the White House.• The inspector will then make a recommendation - though this is occasionally ignored by the DoE.• Mrs Bottomley has asked the committee to make recommendations to her by the beginning of 1994.• We asked the Secretary-General to make recommendations for a more effective role for the United Nations as peacekeeper and as peacemaker.• It is, however, hard to make a recommendation to read this fine offering by Boyd without issuing a warning.• The committee will make a recommendation in the next month.From Longman Business Dictionaryrecommendationrec‧om‧men‧da‧tion /ˌrekəmenˈdeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]1official advice given to someone about what to doHis office will review the proposal and make a recommendation to the commission.The plant was closed on the recommendation of regulators.2a suggestion that someone should choose a particular thing or person because they are very good or suitableHe was offered the job on Johnson’s recommendation.rec·om·men·da·tion noun →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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recommendation
rec‧om‧men‧da‧tion S3 W3 /ˌrekəmenˈdeɪʃən/
noun
1. [countable] official advice given to someone, especially about what to do:
We will review the case and make a recommendation to the client.
recommendation for
recommendations for school reform
recommendation of
the main recommendations of the report
recommendation that
We are making no recommendation that children should use Standard English.
recommendation to do something
a recommendation to replace the existing system
2. [uncountable] a suggestion to someone that they should choose a particular thing or person that you think is very good
on sb’s recommendation
Academic staff are appointed on the recommendation of a committee.
3. [countable] (also letter of recommendation) especially American English a formal letter or statement saying that someone would be a suitable person to do a job, take a course of study etc:
Try to get letters of recommendation from bosses and colleagues.
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▪make a recommendation The inspectors will make their recommendations to the Environment Secretary.
▪accept a recommendation The President accepted the report’s recommendations.
▪approve/adopt a recommendation The council approved the committee’s recommendation.
▪implement recommendations We will implement the recommendations of the Woolf Report to improve prison conditions.
■ adjectives
▪the main recommendation One of the main recommendations in the report is more parental involvement in education.
▪specific/detailed recommendations We made a large number of specific recommendations for improving women’s mental health.
▪a clear recommendation The report offered no clear recommendations or policy guidelines.
rec‧om‧men‧da‧tion S3 W3 /ˌrekəmenˈdeɪʃən/
noun1. [countable] official advice given to someone, especially about what to do:
recommendation for
recommendation of
recommendation that
recommendation to do something
2. [uncountable] a suggestion to someone that they should choose a particular thing or person that you think is very good
on sb’s recommendation
3. [countable] (also letter of recommendation) especially American English a formal letter or statement saying that someone would be a suitable person to do a job, take a course of study etc:
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