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单词 complementary
释义
complementary
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1adjn 2adj

If something is complementary, then it somehow completes or enhances the qualities of something else. If your beautiful voice is completely complementary to your brother's song writing skills, you should form a family band!
You’ve probably heard of “complementary colors,” colors that are opposite in hue on the color wheel but actually go well together. When combined, they make a harmonious palette. People’s personalities can also be complementary, as can certain food pairings. But be careful not to confuse this adjective with the closely spelled complimentary, which means “supplied free of charge.”
WORD FAMILY
complementary: complementaries, complementarily, complementarity+/complement: complemental, complementary, complementation, complemented, complementing, complements/complementarity: complementarities
USAGE EXAMPLES
Magnetics is complementary and says something about the presence of magmatic rocks and sedimentary basins.
BBC(Dec 15, 2016)
The two businesses are largely complementary, so a deal is unlikely to bring big savings beyond the tax advantage.
Economist(Dec 15, 2016)
The Chinese economy was highly complementary to Taiwan’s, and a majority of Taiwanese considered themselves “Chinese.”
New York Times(Dec 13, 2016)
1
1adj acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
Syn
complemental, completing
additive
characterized or produced by addition
2n either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
yellow and blue are complementaries
Syn|Hyper
complementary color
chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
a color that has hue
2
adj of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
`male' and `female' are complementary terms
Syn
antonymous
of words: having opposite meanings
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