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complement vt.相辅相成n.补足物；补语；余角 (1) 用这种酒配这种菜肴最妙不过了。(2) 他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。(3) 美食加美酒才算完备。(4) 在I'm angry一句中,angry是补语。 Complement comes from the Latin complementum, "something that fills up or completes." Complement keeps both the e and the meaning. It's also a verb; if you and your partner complement each other, you make a perfect pair. Something that complements completes or adds a little something.

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英 ['kɒmplɪment] 美 ['kɑːmplɪment] (1) This wine complements the food perfectly.(2) His business skill complements her flair for design.(3) A wine is a complement to a good meal.(4) In the sentence 'I'm angry', 'angry' is the complement. A complement is something that makes up a satisfying whole with something else. Those shiny red shoes you just bought complement your shiny red purse. The verb is pronounced /'kɒmplɪment/. The noun is pronounced /'kɒmplɪmənt/. 动词读作 /'kɒmplɪment/。名词读作 /'kɒmplɪmənt/。1[VERB 动词]使(优点)突出；衬托出 If one thing complements another, it goes well with the other thing and makes its good qualities more noticeable.   [V n]Nutmeg, parsley and cider all complement the flavour of these beans well.肉豆蔻、西芹和苹果酒都能很好地突出这些豆子的味道。2[VERB 动词]补足；补充；与…相辅相成 If people or things complement each other, they are different or do something different, which makes them a good combination.   [V n]There will be a written examination to complement the practical test...会有笔试作为实践考试的补充。We complement one another perfectly.我们相互取长补短，堪称完美。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]衬托物；补足物 Something that is a complement to something else complements it.   [usu sing]The green wallpaper is the perfect complement to the old pine of the dresser...绿色的墙纸完美地衬托出衣橱那年代久远的松木。Political knowledge is a necessary complement to science in approaching solutions to these problems.在寻找解决这些问题的方法时，需要有政治知识作为对科学知识的补充。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]装备定额；编制名额 The complement of things or people that something has is the number of things or people that it normally has, which enable it to function properly.   [usu sing]  [FORMAL 正式]Each ship had a complement of around a dozen officers and 250 men...每艘船的编制人数约为军官12位，船员250名。Not one house on the Close still had its full complement of windows.克洛斯岛上没有一所房子的窗户仍旧是齐全的。5[N-COUNT 可数名词]补语 In grammar, the complement of a link verb is an adjective group or noun group which comes after the verb and describes or identifies the subject. For example, in the sentence 'They felt very tired', 'very tired' is the complement. In 'They were students', 'students' is the complement.

英语单词	complement
英美音标	英 ['kɒmplɪment] 美 ['kɑːmplɪment]
中文释义	vt.相辅相成 n.补足物；补语；余角
英语例句	(1) This wine complements the food perfectly. (2) His business skill complements her flair for design. (3) A wine is a complement to a good meal. (4) In the sentence 'I'm angry', 'angry' is the complement.
中文例句	(1) 用这种酒配这种菜肴最妙不过了。 (2) 他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。 (3) 美食加美酒才算完备。 (4) 在I'm angry一句中,angry是补语。
vocabulary简明	A complement is something that makes up a satisfying whole with something else. Those shiny red shoes you just bought complement your shiny red purse.
vocabulary扩展	Complement comes from the Latin complementum, "something that fills up or completes." Complement keeps both the e and the meaning. It's also a verb; if you and your partner complement each other, you make a perfect pair. Something that complements completes or adds a little something.
柯林斯解释	The verb is pronounced /'kɒmplɪment/. The noun is pronounced /'kɒmplɪmənt/. 动词读作 /'kɒmplɪment/。名词读作 /'kɒmplɪmənt/。 1 [VERB 动词]使(优点)突出；衬托出 If one thing complements another, it goes well with the other thing and makes its good qualities more noticeable. [V n] Nutmeg, parsley and cider all complement the flavour of these beans well. 肉豆蔻、西芹和苹果酒都能很好地突出这些豆子的味道。 2 [VERB 动词]补足；补充；与…相辅相成 If people or things complement each other, they are different or do something different, which makes them a good combination. [V n] There will be a written examination to complement the practical test... 会有笔试作为实践考试的补充。 We complement one another perfectly. 我们相互取长补短，堪称完美。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]衬托物；补足物 Something that is a complement to something else complements it. [usu sing] The green wallpaper is the perfect complement to the old pine of the dresser... 绿色的墙纸完美地衬托出衣橱那年代久远的松木。 Political knowledge is a necessary complement to science in approaching solutions to these problems. 在寻找解决这些问题的方法时，需要有政治知识作为对科学知识的补充。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]装备定额；编制名额 The complement of things or people that something has is the number of things or people that it normally has, which enable it to function properly. [usu sing] [FORMAL 正式] Each ship had a complement of around a dozen officers and 250 men... 每艘船的编制人数约为军官12位，船员250名。 Not one house on the Close still had its full complement of windows. 克洛斯岛上没有一所房子的窗户仍旧是齐全的。 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]补语 In grammar, the complement of a link verb is an adjective group or noun group which comes after the verb and describes or identifies the subject. For example, in the sentence 'They felt very tired', 'very tired' is the complement. In 'They were students', 'students' is the complement.

Complement Good Makes Verb People Things N Count 可数名词