[VERB 动词]增补；补充 If you supplement something, you add something to it in order to improve it.
[V n]
[V n with n]
[oft N to n]
...people doing extra jobs outside their regular jobs to supplement their incomes...
除了正常的工作外还要额外兼职以贴补收入的人
I suggest supplementing your diet with vitamins E and A.
我建议你在日常饮食中补充些维生素 E 和维生素 A。
Supplement is also a noun.
Business sponsorship must be a supplement to, not a substitute for, public funding.
商业赞助必须是公共基金的一种补充，而不能取而代之。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]营养片剂；补品 A supplement is a pill that you take or a special kind of food that you eat in order to improve your health.
...a multiple vitamin and mineral supplement...
含复合维生素和矿物质的营养剂
I took regular supplements and exercised every day.
我每天都按时吃营养片并坚持锻炼。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
colour supplement
；(杂志或报纸的)增刊，副刊 A supplement is a separate part of a magazine or newspaper, often dealing with a particular topic.
...a special supplement to a monthly financial magazine.
一本金融杂志月刊的特别增刊
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](书籍的)补编，补遗，附录 A supplement to a book is an additional section, written some time after the main text and published either at the end of the book or separately.
[oft N to n]
...the supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
《不列颠百科全书》附录
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]额外费用；附加费 A supplement is an extra amount of money that you pay in order to obtain special facilities or services, for example when you are travelling or staying at a hotel.
If you are travelling alone, the single room supplement is £11 a night.
如果是一个人旅行，住单间每晚要多交 11 英镑。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]补助；补贴 A supplement is an extra amount of money that is paid to someone, in addition to their normal pension or income.
[usu N n]
Some people may be entitled to a housing benefit supplement.
有些人可能有资格拿到住房补贴。
...people who need a supplement to their basic pension.
除了基本养老金外还需要额外补贴的人
Oxford
sup·ple·mentAWL
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supplementsupplementssupplementedsupplementingnoun/ˈsʌplɪmənt; NAmEˈsʌplɪmənt/1a thing that is added to sth else to improve or complete it 增补（物）；补充（物）；添加物◆vitamin/dietary supplements(= vitaminsand other foods eaten in addition to what you usually eat) 补充的维生素；补充饮食supplementto sth ◆Industrial sponsorship is a supplement to government funding.工业界的赞助是对政府拨款的补充。2an extra separate section, often in the form of a magazine, that is sold with a newspaper （报纸的）增刊◆the Sunday colour supplements星期日彩色增刊3supplement(to sth) a book or a section at the end of a book that gives extra information or deals with a special subject （书籍的）补编，补遗，附录◆the supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary《牛津英语词典》补编4( BrE) an amount of money that you pay for an extra service or item, especially in addition to the basic cost of a holiday/vacation 额外费用，附加费（尤指度假服务的）SYN
surcharge
◆There is a £10 supplement for a single room.住单间另付 10 英镑。◆Safety deposit boxes are available at a supplement.有贵重物品保管箱可供使用，费用另计。verb/ˈsʌplɪment; NAmEˈsʌplɪment/to add sth to sth in order to improve it or make it more complete 增补；补充supplementsth with sth ◆a diet supplemented with vitamin pills搭配有维生素片的饮食supplementsth ◆He supplements his income by giving private lessons.他当家庭教师以补充收入。▶sup·ple·men·ta·tion/ˌsʌplɪmenˈteɪʃn; NAmEˌsʌplɪmenˈteɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]sup·ple·ment/ˈsʌplɪmənt; NAmEˈsʌplɪmənt/sup·ple·men·ta·tion/ˌsʌplɪmenˈteɪʃn; NAmEˌsʌplɪmenˈteɪʃn/
1something that you add to something else to improve it or make it complete: vitamins and other dietary supplementssupplement to The payments are a supplement to his usual salary.2an additional part at the end of a book, or a separate part of a newspaper, magazine etc: the Sunday supplements3an amount of money that is added to the price of a service, hotel room etc: Single rooms are available at a supplement.
to add something, especially to what you earn or eat, in order to increase it to an acceptable levelsupplement something by/with something Kia supplements her regular salary by tutoring in the evenings.—supplementation /ˌsʌpləmenˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
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