| 单词 | supplement |
| 释义 | supplement (sʌplɪmənt ) Word forms: supplements , supplementing , supplemented 1. verb If you supplement something, you add something to it in order to improve it. ...people doing extra jobs outside their regular jobs to supplement their incomes. [VERB noun] I suggest supplementing your diet with vitamins E and A. [VERB noun + with] Synonyms: add to, reinforce, complement, augment Supplement is also a noun. Business sponsorship must be a supplement to, not a substitute for, public funding. [+ to] 2. countable noun A supplement is a pill that you take or a special kind of food that you eat in order to improve your health. ...a multiple vitamin and mineral supplement. I took regular supplements and exercised every day. 3. countable noun A supplement is a separate part of a magazine or newspaper, often dealing with a particular topic. ...a special supplement to a monthly financial magazine. Synonyms: pull-out, insert, magazine section, added feature 4. See also colour supplement 5. countable noun A supplement to a book is an additional section, written some time after the main text and published either at the end of the book or separately. ...the supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica. [+ to] Synonyms: appendix, sequel, add-on, complement 6. countable noun A supplement is an extra amount of money that you pay in order to obtain special facilities or services, for example when you are travelling or staying at a hotel. If you are travelling alone, the single room supplement is £11 a night. Synonyms: addition, extra, surcharge 7. countable noun [usually NOUN noun] A supplement is an extra amount of money that is paid to someone, in addition to their normal pension or income. Some people may be entitled to a housing benefit supplement. ...people who need a supplement to their basic pension. [+ to] Collocations: take a supplement And they should take a supplement for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy - this helps prevent spina bifida. The Sun They were 15 per cent less likely to develop dodgy hearts and arteries than those who did not take the supplement. The Sun Instead, those keen on reset-ting their body clock, also known as the circadian rhythm, could one day take a supplement. The Sun Unless you're feasting on bowls of berries, dark-green veg and oily fish every day, it's a good idea to take a supplement to help out. The Sun We take a more pragmatic approach; if you are concerned, take a supplement. Times, Sunday Times Meanwhile, another midlife immunesystem crisis means that we may need to consider taking at least one vitamin supplement. Times,Sunday Times Mushrooms that are left out in the hot sun for 30 minutes were recently revealed to contain as much as a vitamin supplement. Times, Sunday Times Are you still taking that one-a-day vitamin supplement in pill form? Times, Sunday Times Is not such a scam identical in spirit to that perpetrated by the vitamin supplement business? Times, Sunday Times One company has applied to sell a vitamin supplement made from a mineral derived from the compression of volcanic ash in lakes and seas millions of years ago. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 补充, 补充 Japanese: 補足, 補足する |
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