- complement (to something) a thing that adds new qualities to something in a way that improves it or makes it more attractive补充物;补足物
- This vegetable's natural sweetness is a perfect complement to salty or rich foods.这种蔬菜的天然甜味是咸或油腻食物的完美补充。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryadjectiveprepositionSee full entry - the complete number or quantity needed or allowed足数;足额
- We've taken our full complement of trainees this year.我们今年接收的实习生已满员。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + complementprepositionSee full entry - (grammar语法) a word or phrase, especially an adjective or a noun, that is used after linking verbs such as be and become, and describes the subject of the verb. In some descriptions of grammar it is used to refer to any word or phrase that is governed by a verb and usually comes after the verb in a sentence.补足语;补语
- In the sentences ‘I'm angry’ and ‘He became a politician’, ‘angry’ and ‘politician’ are complements.在句子 I'm angry 和 He became a politician 中,angry 和 politician 为补语。
Topics Languageb2 Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘completion’): from Latin complementum, from complere ‘fill up’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + plere ‘fill’. Compare with compliment.