given free 免费的；赠送的 complimentary tickets for the show 演出赠券 The hotel offers a complimentary breakfast and evening cocktails. 这家旅馆提供免费的早餐和傍晚冷盘。
- complimentary (about something)
expressing approval, praise, etc. 表示钦佩的；赞美的 After one or two complimentary remarks about her hosts, she got to the main part of her speech. 在对她的主人说了一两句赞美的话后，她进入了演讲的主要部分。 She was extremely complimentary about his work. 她对他的工作给予了高度评价。 Not all of his comments were complimentary. 他的评论并非都是赞美的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
opposite uncomplimentary
Which Word? compliment / complementcompliment / complement
- These words have similar spellings but completely different meanings. If you compliment someone, you say something very nice to them:
这两个词拼写相似，但意义完全不同。compliment 指赞美、称赞： She complimented me on my English. 她夸奖我的英语好。
complement 表示相辅相成、相配合： The different flavours complement each other perfectly. 不同的味道搭配在一起，可口极了。
- The adjectives are also often confused. Complimentary:
She made some very complimentary remarks about my English. 她对我的英语赞赏有加。
该词亦含免费赠送之义： There was a complimentary basket of fruit in our room. 我们房间里有一篮免费赠送的水果。
The team members have different but complementary skills. 队员技术不同但能互补。