complement

n. 补足物, 补语, 补数
vt. 补充, 补足
【计】 补码; 反相器; 补数
【化】 补体
【医】 补体

动词过去式:complemented 过去分词:complemented 现在分词:complementing 第三人称单数:complements 

com.ple.ment

n.（名词）


Something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection.
补充物：补充物、补足、或使完美
The quantity or number needed to make up a whole:
补足整体所需要的量或数字：
例句：
shelves with a full complement of books.
装满补充书籍的架子

Either of two parts that complete the whole or mutually complete each other.
补数：组成一个整体的两部分中的一个或二者互相补充
An angle related to another so that the sum of their measures is 90=.
余角：两角和为90°，其中一个角叫做另一个角的余角
Grammar A word or words used after a verb to complete a predicate construction; for example, the phraseto eat ice cream in We like to eat ice cream.
【语法】 补语：跟在一个动词后的一个或几个单词共同组成的谓语结构；例如，在我们喜欢吃冰淇淋 一句中的短语 吃冰淇淋
Music An interval that completes an octave when added to a given interval.
【音乐】 补充音程：特定的音程与全八度音程之间的间隔
The full crew of officers and enlisted personnel required to run a ship.
船上定员：行驶船舶所要求配备的全体官员和在编士兵
Biochemistry A complex system of proteins found in normal blood serum that combines with antibodies to destroy pathogenic bacteria and other foreign cells.Also called alexin
【生物化学】 （血清中的）补体：在普通血清中由抗体组成的破坏病原细菌与外来细胞的一种复杂的蛋白质系统也作 alexin
Logic Mathematics For a universal set, the set of all elements in the set that are not in a specified subset.
【逻辑学】 【数学】 补集：对任意一个集合，这个集合的所有元素不共存在于它的任一子集合
v.tr.（及物动词）
com.ple.ment.ed,com.ple.ment.ing,com.ple.ments[-mμnt.]
To serve as a complement to:
补足：
例句：
Roses in a silver bowl complement the handsome cherry table.
银碗中的玫瑰更为这张漂亮的樱桃色桌子添彩


来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin complômentum
源自 拉丁语 complômentum
from complôre [to fill out] * see complete
源自 complôre [装满] *参见 complete

Complement and compliment, though quite distinct in meaning, are sometimes confused because they are pronounced the same. Complement means .something that completes or brings to perfection.:
Complement 和 compliment， 虽然在意义上截然不同， 但是因为它们发音相同所以时常被混淆。 Complement 意思是.补足或使…完美.：
例句：
The antique silver was a complement to the beautifully set table.Compliment
配上这个古银器，这套美丽的桌子就完美无缺了。Compliment

means .an expression or act of courtesy or praise.:
意思是.客气或赞扬的表情或动作.：
例句：
They gave us a compliment on our beautifully set table.
他们对我们这张漂亮的桌子表示赞许。