单词 | complementary |
释义 | complementary (kɒmplɪmentri ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun, Also v-link ADJ to n] Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination. [formal] To improve the quality of life through work, two complementary strategies are necessary. Many plain tiles and complementary borders are also available. He has done experiments complementary to those of Eigen. [+ to] Synonyms: matching, companion, corresponding, compatible complementarity (kɒmplɪmentærɪti ) uncountable noun ...the complementarity between public and private authorities. [+ between] 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] 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. Collocations: complementary relationship He envisaged that social workers would work in a complementary relationship with doctors, the former concentrating on physiological health, and the latter on social health. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Specifically, low self-esteem individuals appeared more likely to desire a complementary relationship than high self-esteem people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most policies involve either substitute or complementary relationships with others at either the same or different intergovernmental level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He s not a guy who likes to play a complementary role. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, recent research findings highlight the complementary role of organizational culture in enabling organizations to translate innovative activity into tangible performance improvements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These programmes play a supplementary and complementary role to the other general developmental programmes in the sectors of health, education, rural development etc. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Scientists have also subsequently pointed out that global climate change may have also played a complementary role. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They said different members of each family may perform unusual or complementary roles that were vital. Times, Sunday Times Uncertainty here means that computing one set of properties at a given stage prevents computation of a complementary set of properties at that stage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The groups' special powers sometimes form a complementary set, such as a group comprising four people each of whom has the ability to command one of the four classical elements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For, a maximal independent set in must consist of an arbitrary independent set in together with the degree-one neighbors of the complementary set, and must therefore have size. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For a given tree in a graph, the complementary set of branches (i.e., the branches not in the tree) form a tree in the dual graph. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The research also emphasizes the complementary strengths of human historians and the software itself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Drawing on our complementary strengths, there are many areas for collaboration. Times, Sunday Times They make a good team, having complementary strengths: the editor and publisher with his patience and the famous, passionate cookery writer and broadcaster. Times, Sunday Times The eight elements are complementary strengths, a common mission, fairness, trust, acceptance, forgiveness, communicating, and unselfishness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Trials have clearly shown that people feel better after a course of complementary therapy, but these are not placebo-controlled trials. Times, Sunday Times You might also consider complementary therapy, such as acupuncture, hypnotherapy or reiki. The Sun Advice about diet and complementary therapy would be helpful, too. The Sun Complementary therapy can make a difference to a patient's wellbeing. The Sun The real active ingredients in most complementary therapies are not secret formulae or magical force fields but belief and sympathy. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 补充的 Japanese: 補完的な |
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