complementary的意思

complementary

英式音标['kɑmplə'mɛntri]
美式英标[kɒmplɪ'ment(ə)rɪ]

基本解释

adj. 补足的，补充的

英文词源

complementary (adj.): 1620s, "ceremonious," from complement + -ary. Sense "forming a complement" attested from 1829, earliest in complementary colors.

实用例句

1. Two complementary exhibitions are on show at the Africa Centre.: 两场互为补充的展览正在非洲中心展出。

2. The school's approach must be complementary to that of the parents.: 学校与家长的教育方法必须相辅相成。

3. The designer has chosen the complementary colours blue and orange.: 设计师选取了蓝和橙黄两种对比色。

4. These two aims are not always mutually complementary: at times they conflict.: 这两个目标不总是互补的: 有时它们相互抵触.

5. Red and green are complementary colors.: 红色和绿色是互补色。

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