complement

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒmpləmənt/    美 /ˈkɑmpləmənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The totality, the full amount or number which completes something. countable,uncountable
    — Queequeg sought a passage to Christian lands. But the ship, having her full complement of seamen, spurned his suit; and not all the King his father's influence could prevail.
  2. Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment. countable,uncountable
    — A man of complements
  3. The whole working force of a vessel. countable,uncountable
  4. An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle. countable,uncountable
  5. Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition. countable,uncountable
    — History is the complement of poetry.
  6. A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. countable,uncountable
    — Why has our grammar broken down at this point? It is not difficult to see why. For, we have failed to make any provision for the fact that only some Verbs in English (i.e. Verbs like those italicized in (5) (a), traditionally called Transitive Verbs) subcategorize ( = ‘takeʼ) an immediately following NP Complement, whereas others (such as those italicised in (5) (b), traditionally referred to as Intransitive Verbs) do not.
  7. A phonetic complement is a graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of its reading (as opposed to an adjunct that abbreviates an adjective that modifies that logogram). countable,uncountable
  8. An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave. countable,uncountable
  9. The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light). countable,uncountable
    — The complement of blue is orange.
  10. Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement). countable,uncountable
    — The complement of the odd numbers is the even numbers, relative to the natural numbers.
  11. One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response. countable,uncountable
  12. An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa. countable,uncountable
  13. A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one. countable,uncountable
  14. A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number. countable,uncountable
  15. The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number. countable,uncountable
    — The complement of 01100101#95;2 is 10011010#95;2.
  16. The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number. countable,uncountable
    — The complement of 01100101#95;2 is 10011011#95;2.
  17. The numeric complement of a number. countable,uncountable
    — The complement of −123 is 123.
  18. A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa. countable,uncountable
    — A DNA molecule is formed from two strands, each of which is the complement of the other.
  19. Synonym of alexin. countable,uncountable
  20. Abbreviation of complementary good. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,uncountable
  21. Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — perform all those works of mercy, which Clemens Alexandrinus calls amoris et amicitiæ impletionem et extentionem, the extent and complement of love[…].
  22. The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — And both encreast the prayse of woman kynde, / And both encreast her beautie excellent: / So all did make in her a perfect complement.
  23. Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — A doleful case desires a doleful song, Without vain art or curious complements.
动词 v.
  1. To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
    — We believe your addition will complement the team.
  2. Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
  3. To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
    — The flavors of the pepper and garlic complement each other, giving a very rich taste in combination.
  4. To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.

词形变化

complements plural complements present,singular,third-person complementing participle,present complemented participle,past complemented past complements plural complements present,singular,third-person complementing participle,present complemented participle,past complemented past

词汇关系

衍生词
anticomplement clausal complement complemental complementarian complementisation complementization complementize complement membrane attack complex complementoid complementologist complementology complementopathy complementophile complement protein complement system diminished radix complement full complement hypercomplementemia in complement logical complement nines' complement numeric complement object complement ones' complement orthocomplement orthogonal complement pseudo-complement radix complement relative pseudo-complement subject complement ten's complement transcomplement two's complement complementable complementer noncomplementing recomplement
相关词
complementary complete counterpart compliment inversion invert negate negation supplement

词源

词源 1
From Middle English complement, from Latin complēmentum (“that which fills up or completes”), from compleō (“to fill up; to complete”) (English complete). Doublet of compliment. The verb is from the noun.
词源 2
See compliment.
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