complementary
英 [ˌkɒm.plɪˈmen.tər.i]
美 [ˌkɑːm.pləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i]
将“complementary”分解为“com-”和“plementary”。记住“com-”意味着“共同”,而“plementary”可以想象为“补充”的“pl”部分和“men”相似于“ment”后缀,暗示这是一个动作或行为。结合起来,就可以理解为“共同补充”的意思,即互为补充的。
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- complementary (adj.)
- 1620s, "ceremonious," from complement + -ary. Sense "forming a complement" attested from 1829, earliest in complementary colors.
- 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。