recommend到底能不能接双宾语

问题描述

recommend 后面能不能接双宾语是一个问题，有的人说可以，有的人说不可以。

到底有没有比较权威的版本啊！谢谢专家！

老师答疑

唐老师：

recommend 后是否接双宾是个有争议的问题。

1. 葛传椝在其《英语惯用法词典》认为：

recommend 往往有双宾语。例如：Can you recommend me an English dictionary?

2. 《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》（第4版）有如下例句：

Can you recommend me a good novel? 你给我介绍一本好的小说行吗?

3. 《朗文常见错误词典》认为：

× I recommend you a walk along the Seine.

√ I recommend a walk along the Seine.

4. 《朗文当代高级英语词典》认为：

You do not say ‘recommend someone something’. 不要说 recommend someone something.

What wine do you recommend (NOT recommend us)? 你推荐哪种葡萄酒？

由于上面列举的四本词典，前两本出版时间比较早，而后两本出版时间比较近（比较新），所以宜以不接双宾语为宜。

刘老师：

Longman 词典（Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ）是最注重用法的词典。

在该词条的Grammar 部分，明确指出：

You recommend something to someone:

I recommended a book to her.

Don’t say: I recommended her a book.

这就是说，双宾语是不可以的。不仅王老师说的 a particular action (如：visit），不能做直接宾语，即便是something（如：book），也不能做直接宾语。

详情参见：http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/recommend

Grammar

Patterns with recommend (meaning 1)

• In everyday English, you recommend that someone does something:

I recommend that she speaks to a lawyer.

‘That’ can be omitted:

I recommend she speaks to a lawyer

.

• In more formal English, you recommend that someone do something, using the base form of the verb (=the infinitive without ‘to’):

I recommend that she speak to a lawyer.

✗Don’t say: I recommend her to speak to a lawyer.

• In more formal English, you also use the base form of the verb when talking about the past:

I recommended that she speak to a lawyer.

• You recommend that someone should do something:

I recommended that they should get insurance.

• You can say it is recommended that someone (should) do something:

It is recommended that everyone (should) take the test.

Patterns with recommend (meaning 2)

• You recommend something to someone:

I recommended a book to her.

✗Don’t say: I recommended her a book.

王老师：

建议你看比较权威的原文字典。下面是Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 2012的解释：

Don't say that you 'recommend someone' a particular action. Don't say, for example, 'I recommend you a visit to Paris'. Say 'I recommend a visit to Paris', 'I recommend visiting Paris', or 'I recommend that you visit Paris'.
我想这个解释准确解答了你的问题。

曹老师：

这个问题就需要查词典。《麦克米伦英语词典》没有双宾语的例句。作推荐讲的时候句型为recommend sb/sth to sb (for sth)即后接直接宾语。间接宾语需要用介词to引出（介词短语为状语）for介词短语表示推荐的理由或目的。你可再查大部头的词典。词典无例句就表示不可以，至少不是常用用法。

 Please recommend us to your friends.

I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in chemistry.

I have decided to recommend you for the directorship.

Which type of oil do you recommend for my car?

曾老师：

recommend可以接双宾语。如：

Can you recommend me some books to read?你能不能推荐几本书给我看？（张道真《英语常用动词用法词典》）

Perhaps you can recommend us another hotel.或许你能够给我们再推荐一家旅馆。（张道真《英语常用动词用法词典》）

Can you recommend me a gardener? = Can you recommend a gardener to me. 你能为我推荐一名园丁吗?《21世纪英汉汉英双向词典》

Can you recommend me a good novel? 你给我介绍一本好的小说行吗? 《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

陈老师：

解答如下：

可以接双宾语结构

(1)结构如下：主语+recommend+sb+sth

Can you recommend me a good novel?
你能向我介绍一本好的小说吗?

She recommended me a good dictionary.
她向我推荐了一本好词典。

Perhaps you can recommend me another hotel.
也许你可以给我推荐另一家餐馆。

Can you recommend me a good shoemaker?
你能给我推荐一个好鞋匠吗?

(2)结构为主语+recommend sth to sb

You can recommend some books to the students.
你可以向学生们推荐一些书。

My uncle recommended a useful instrument to me.
我叔叔向我推荐一台很有用的仪器。

I can recommend this play to all lovers of good theatre.
我把这个剧推荐给所有优秀剧的爱好者。

This hotel has nothing to recommend it to travellers except cheapness.
这家旅馆除了价钱便宜之外,对于旅行者毫无可取之处。

黎老师：

recommend 后是否接双宾是个有争议的问题:

1. 《朗文高级英语应试词典》英汉双解版认为 recommend sb sth 是常见错误。

2. 张道真主编的《现代英语用法词典》修订版有recommend 后接双宾的例句：Can you recommend me a good shoemaker? (JED)