complement
n
1 ~ (to sth) thing that goes well or suitably with sth else, or makes it complete 相配合的事物; 補充物; 補足物
Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish. 有咖喱的菜配米飯最妙.
2 the complete number or quantity needed or allowed 需要的或允許的數額
We've taken on our full complement of new trainees for this year. 我們今年招收的新學員已經滿額了.
the ship's complement, ie all the officers and other sailors 船上的編制名額(全體軍官和水兵或高級船員和水手).
3 (grammar) word(s), esp adjectives and nouns, used after linking verbs such as be and become, and describing the subject of the verb 補語(尤指在連系動詞如be become等之後, 用以描述動詞之主語的形容詞或名詞)
In the sentence `I'm angry', `angry' is the complement. 在I'm angry一句中, angry是補語.
complement v [Tn]
combine well (and often contrastingly) with (sth) to form a whole 與(某事物)結合(相輔相成)
His business skill complements her flair for design. 他的經營技巧和她的設計才能相輔相成. Cf 參看 compliment.
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.