complementary

英 [ˌkɒmplɪˈmentri]

美 [ˌkɑːmplɪˈmentri]

adj.  互补的; 补充的; 相互补足的

复数：complementaries　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 互补的；补充的；相互补足的
  two people or things that are complementary are different but together form a useful or attractive combination of skills, qualities or physical features
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 相互补充的;相辅相成的
  Complementarythings are different from each other but make a good combination.
  1. To improve the quality of life through work, two complementary strategies are necessary...
     想通过工作提高生活质量，需要两个相辅相成的策略。
  2. Many plain tiles and complementary borders are also available...
     多种素色的瓷砖和配套的腰线也在售
  3. He has done experiments complementary to those of Eigen.
     他做了一些实验，作为对艾根实验的补充。
• ADJ 补充医学的(不同于西医的治疗方法，如针灸、顺势疗法)
  Complementarymedicine refers to ways of treating patients which are different from the ones used by most Western doctors, for example acupuncture and homoeopathy.
  1. ...combining orthodox treatment with a wide range of complementary therapies.
     把传统的治疗方法与各种补充疗法结合

英英释义

noun

• either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
  1. yellow and blue are complementaries
  Synonym:complementary color

adj

• acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
  Synonym:complementalcompleting
• of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
  1. `male' and `female' are complementary terms

双语例句

• They can, however, be complementary to other types of cloud computing.
  但是，它们可以对其他类型的云计算起补充作用。
• Complementary antonyms are words opposite to each other and the positive of one implies the negative of the other.
  互补反义词是相反的话之间的交流和积极的一个意味着否定其他。
• China and India play complementary roles in the global economy.
  中国和印度在全球经济中发挥着互补的作用。
• Should social and economic needs drive research priorities, or should complementary basic research also be a commitment?
  应该让社会和经济需求驱动研究优先级吗？或者也应该致力于互补的基础研究？
• The other one of a complementary pair.
  一对互补统一体中的另外一个。
• Similar and complementary projects and products to Aries provide many different ways of building applications that use OSGi technologies.
  针对Aries的类似和补充项目和产品提供了许多方法来构建使用OSGi技术的应用程序。
• He has done experiments complementary to those of Eigen.
  他做了一些实验，作为对艾根实验的补充。
• Our two countries are mutually complementary in economy.
  我们两国的经济是互补的。
• The study's main sponsor was the government's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
  这个研究的主要赞助商是国家补充替代医学中心和非传统医学协会。
• In fact, these programs need plenty of complementary services and support.
  事实上，此类项目需要大量互补性服务和支持。