Complement
['kɒmplɪm(ə)nt] or ['kɑmplɪmɛnt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) something added to complete or embellish or make perfect; 'a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner'; 'wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish'.
(noun.) either of two parts that mutually complete each other.
(noun.) a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
(noun.) number needed to make up a whole force; 'a full complement of workers'.
(noun.) a complete number or quantity; 'a full complement'.
(noun.) one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
(verb.) make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; 'I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup'.
整理:奥利维亚--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
(v. t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
(v. t.) Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.
(v. t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
(v. t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
(v. t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
(v. t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
(v. t.) A compliment.
(v. t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
(v. t.) To compliment.
班森編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Full number, full quantity.
編輯:厄休拉
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Completion, fulfilment, totality, supply, counterpart, correlative
ANT:Deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, abatement, detraction, defalcation,diminution, drawback
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解釋/意思:
n. that which completes or fills up: full number or quantity: (Shak.) politeness.—v.t. Complement′ to supplement: (arch.) to compliment.—adjs. Complement′al completing: (Shak.) complimental; Complement′ary completing: together making up a whole.—Complementary angles angles which together make up a right angle.
手打:奥利
例句/造句/用法:
- But this complement may be much inferior to what, with other laws and institutions, the nature of its soil, climate, and situation, might admit of. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The machine also acts as a hose cart and carries a full complement of firemen. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It was generally supposed that these two officials formed the complement of each other. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It is the complement of that problem. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- On several occasions during the war such details were made when the complement of men with the navy was insufficient for the duty before them. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
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