complement

名词 complement:

1. a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
2. a complete number or quantity
3. number needed to make up a whole force
   同义词：full complement
4. something added to complete or make perfect
5. one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
6. either of two parts that mutually complete each other

动词 complement:

1. make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to

1. His business skill complements her flair for design.
   他的运营技能和她的设想能力相反相成。
2. A wine is a complement to a good meal.
   美食加琼浆才算完整。
3. This wine complements the food perfectly.
   用这类酒配这类菜肴最妙不过了。

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、或使完善
The quantity or number needed to make up a whole:
补足全部所需要的量或数字：
例句：
shelves with a full complement of books.
装满补充册本的架子

Either of two parts that complete the whole or mutually complete each other.
补数：构成一个全部的两部分中的一个或两者相互补充
An angle related to another so that the sum of their measures is 90=.
余角：两角和为90°，此中一个角叫做另外一个角的余角
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配合构成的谓语布局；比方，在咱们喜好吃冰淇淋 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距离
The full crew of officers and enlisted personnel required to run a ship.
船上定员：行驶船舶所要求装备的全部官员和在编兵士
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
【生归天学】 （血清中的）补体：在通俗血清中由抗体构成的粉碎病原细菌与外来细胞的一种庞杂的卵白质体系也作 alexin
Logic Mathematics For a universal set, the set of all elements in the set that are not in a specified subset.
【名学】 【数学】 补集：对肆意一个调集，这个调集的一切元素不共存在于它的任一子调集
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.
银碗中的玫瑰更加这张标致的樱桃色桌子添彩

来历：
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， 固然在意义上截然差别， 可是由于它们发音不异以是经常被混合。 Complement 意义是.补足或使…完善.：
例句：
The antique silver was a complement to the beautifully set table.Compliment
配上这个古银器，这套斑斓的桌子就完善完好了。Compliment

means .an expression or act of courtesy or praise.:
意义是.客套或赞美的心情或举措.：
例句：
They gave us a compliment on our beautifully set table.
他们对咱们这张标致的桌子表现赞成。