complementary

[英] [ˌkɔmpləˈmentəri:, -tri:] [美] [ˌkɑmpləˈmɛntəri, -tri] 生词本
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1. ADJ 相互补充的;相辅相成的 Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination. 
  • 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。

  • 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

  • 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。

complementarity
  • ...the complementarity between public and private authorities.

    公营机构与私营机构互补性

2. ADJ 补充医学的(不同于西医的治疗方法,如针灸、顺势疗法) Complementary medicine refers to ways of treating patients which are different from the ones used by most Western doctors, for example acupuncture and homoeopathy. 
  • ...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

Noun

1. either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or gray (in the case of pigments);

  • "yellow and blue are complementaries"
Adjective

1. acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

2. of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other;

  • "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"

3. of or relating to or suggestive of complementation;

  • "interchangeable electric outlets"

医学

  • 1.补偿的,补充的,附属的

物理学

<名>
  • 1.互补[衍射]屏
  • 2.[diffracting] screens

计算机

  • 1.【修】互补,求反
1. 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。

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