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单词 complement
释义
complement
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkɒm.plɪ.ment/us
/ˈkɑːm.plə.ment/
to make somethingelseseembetteror moreattractivewhencombiningwith it:
补充；补足；使完善；为…增色
Strawberries andcreamcomplementeach otherperfectly.草莓加奶油相得益彰。
Themusiccomplements hervoiceperfectly.音乐完美地衬托出她的嗓音。
Note:
  • Do not confuse withcompliment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Balance and imbalance
  • accord withsomething
  • align
  • asymmetric
  • balance(something)out/up
  • balance of power
  • balanced
  • harmonious
  • harmony
  • imbalance
  • inharmonious
  • jar
  • jarring
  • on an even keelidiom
  • one man's loss is another man's gainidiom
  • realign
  • realignment
  • rebalance
  • unharmonious
  • well balanced
  • well rounded
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complement
noun
uk
/ˈkɒm.plɪ.ment/us
/ˈkɑːm.plə.ment/
languagespecialized
apartof aclausethat usuallyfollowstheverbinEnglishandaddsmoreinformationabout thesubjectorobject
补语
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Balance and imbalance
  • accord withsomething
  • align
  • asymmetric
  • balance(something)out/up
  • balance of power
  • balanced
  • harmonious
  • harmony
  • imbalance
  • inharmonious
  • jar
  • jarring
  • on an even keelidiom
  • one man's loss is another man's gainidiom
  • realign
  • realignment
  • rebalance
  • unharmonious
  • well balanced
  • well rounded
See more results »

Grammar

Complements
Complements are one of the five major elements of clause structure. The other four are subject, verb, object and adjunct (complements are in bold):…
Subject and object complements
In clauses with linking verbs (be, seem, become), complements which follow the verb and which add information about the subject are called subject complements:…
Complements and adjuncts
Complements and adjuncts are different. A complement is necessary in order to complete the meaning. An adjunct is not necessary, and adds extra information.…
Indirect object versus prepositional complement
When we talk about someone receiving something, we can express it using the typical word order: indirect object (io) + direct object (do).…
(Definition ofcomplementfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

complement| American Dictionary

complement
verb[T]
us
/ˈkɑm·pləˌment/
tohelpmake something or someone morecompleteoreffective:
She usedphotographsto complement thetextof thenewsstory.

complementary

adjectiveus
/ˌkɑm·pləˈmen·tə·ri,-tri/
ThisancientChinesetherapyispartof the complementarytreatmentprogramforpain.
complement
noun[C]
us
/ˈkɑm·plə·mənt/
A complement is anumberofpeopleor things that makes somethingcomplete:
We had afullcomplement ofreportersandphotographersalong.
grammar
A complement ispartof a word or phrase thatcompletesthepredicate(= thepartof asentencethat givesinformationabout thesubject), as “nothing” in “They told him nothing.”
(Definition ofcomplementfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplement

complement
The formula is true, it is masterly, but it needs complementing by one that seeks to give a description starting from personal presence.
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The present section complements those that have gone before it.
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Second, the fleet exhibition also was the appropriate centerpiece because it necessarily complemented the vast industrial and scientific displays.
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Psychosocial factors make an independent contribution to pathology that complements our understanding of the relationship between biomedical factors and ageing.
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Results from this study, thus, complemented and extended the findings of those reports.
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We would like to emphasize that total health inequality complements group level measures; it does not replace them.
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Major problems might lie ahead for the" enabling" health service schemes, if they were not complemented by new local authority back-up services.
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In each case these observations were complemented by interviews held with the participants.
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A clear recognition now exists that counter-trade complements the more normal methods of trade finance.
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Where the family's labour was complemented by annually hired farm servants, all were underemployed together in the slack seasons.
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The late talkers in this sample were also delayed in their ability to use propositional complements.
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The children's mean length of utterance, total words uttered, lexical diversity, and use of propositional complements were assessed.
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Each speaker's use of psychological state words and propositional complements was calculated as a percentage of total utterances.
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A dual of a set expression is obtained from by complementing all primitives and changing every to and vice versa.
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Traditional multivariate statistical analyses were complemented by a relationship-based approach utilizing latent class analysis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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