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| /ˈkɒmplɪmənt/ |
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| 1 | something that is added to something else 补足物；补充 |
| +to Her youthful energy will be a welcome complement to the strength and experience of the team. 她的青春活力是对于这支球队实力和经验的良好补充。 |
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| 2 | something that combines well with something else 搭配物；配对物 |
| +to Our sauces are the perfect complement to any meal. 我们的沙司与任何一餐饭都能搭配得很好。 |
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| 3 | the number of people or things that something has 数额；名额 |
| full complement (=the largest number possible or necessary) We already have our full complement of workers. 足额 |
| +of the government department with the largest complement of civil servants 公务员数目最多的政府部门 |
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| 4 | linguistics in grammar , a word or phrase after a verb that tells you about the subject . For example , in ‘He was cold’ , ‘he’ is the subject , ‘was’ is the verb , and ‘cold’ is the complement . In ‘He was a nice man’ , the complement is ‘a nice man’ . 补（足）语 |
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| 5 | technical in mathematics , an angle that is added to another angle to form an angle of 90 degrees （数学中的）余角 |
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