complements

英 [ˈkɒmplɪments]

美 [ˈkɑːmplɪments]

v.  补充; 补足; 使完美; 使更具吸引力
n.  补充物; 补足物; 足数; 足额; 补足语; 补语
complement的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /'kɒmplɪment/. The noun is pronounced /'kɒmplɪmənt/. 动词读作 /'kɒmplɪment/。名词读作 /'kɒmplɪmənt/。


• VERB 使(优点)突出;衬托出
  If one thingcomplementsanother, it goes well with the other thing and makes its good qualities more noticeable.
  1. 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。
• VERB 补足;补充;与…相辅相成
  If people or thingscomplementeach other, they are different or do something different, which makes them a good combination.
  1. There will be a written examination to complement the practical test...
     会有笔试作为实践考试的补充。
  2. We complement one another perfectly.
     我们相互取长补短，堪称完美。
• N-COUNT 衬托物;补足物
  Something that is acomplement tosomething else complements it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 装备定额;编制名额
  Thecomplement ofthings or people that something has is the number of things or people that it normally has, which enable it to function properly.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 补语
  In grammar, thecomplementof 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.

双语例句

• I believe that SOA and EDA are peers and complements.
  我相信SOA和EDA是平等和互补的。
• We may thereby compute the number of graphs which are isomorphic to their complements.
  因此我们可以计算同构于其补的图的数目。
• They reiterate that South-South cooperation enjoys important comparative advantages and complements rather than replaces North-South cooperation.
  我们重申，南南合作具有重要的比较优势，是南北合作的补充而不是替代。
• This complements the previous book with very practical advice on how to really implement the practice of TDD.
  这本书介绍了大量的实践，补充了之前那本书关于如何真正执行TDD实践。
• The system I've presented complements these two other strategies quite nicely.
  我所介绍的系统很好地补充了另外两种策略。
• An Investigation of the Speech Processing Strategies Used by Korean Learners While Acquiring Chinese Directional Complements;
  因此，对趋向补语的深入了解和研究将会加深对整个汉语语法系统的认识。
• The comparison shows the centripetal tendency of the complements.
  比较之后，可以看出补语演变过程中的向心趋势。
• In a sentence, participles can also be used as objective complements.
  在一个句子中分词也可以作宾补。
• This article complements Dominique Vauquier's article(" The6 Fallacies of Business Process Improvement").
  这篇文章对DominiqueVauquier的文章（“业务过程改进的6个谬误”）进行了补充。
• Examples: The woodwind section complements the strings in this piece of music.
  木管乐器的乐章弥补了这首曲子中弦乐部分的不足。