| 单词 | supplement |
| 释义 | supplement (once / 463 pages) nv A supplement is something added to something else. Nutritional supplements add vitamins and minerals to the ones already included in the food you eat. If a zombie army wants to increase its ranks but is running out of bodies, it might supplement its troops with mummies. If the zombies put out their manifesto and then realize they left out an important point, they might supplement the manifesto with a press release. That press release could also be referred to as a supplement. WORD FAMILYsupplement: supplemental, supplementary, supplementation, supplemented, supplementing, supplements+/supplementary: supplementarily USAGE EXAMPLESInside Schwab's car, the agent found a number of workout supplements, including powders, but all of them were legal, the station reported. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Inside Schwab’s car, the agent found a number of workout supplements including powders, but all of them were legal, the station reported. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) She’s not ashamed of her father’s work, and it helped supplement his firefighter’s income. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a supplementary component that improves capability Syn|Hypo|Hyper accessory, add-on, appurtenance auto accessory an accessory for an automobile computer accessoryan accessory for a computer fittinga small and often standardized accessory to a larger system fixings, trimmingsthe accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity) gas fittingthe fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building pipe fitting, pipefittingfitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together receptaclean electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert component, constituent, element an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system 2n a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency) Syn|Hyper supplementation increase, increment the amount by which something increases 3n textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end Syn|Hypo|Hyper addendum, postscript appendix supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book continuation, sequela part added to a book or play that continues and extends it shirttaila brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article codicila supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will matter written works (especially in books or magazines) 4v add as a supplement to what seems insufficient supplement your diet Hypo|Hyper vitaminise, vitaminize add vitamins as a supplement eke out, fill outsupplement what is thought to be deficient leveragesupplement with leverage add make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of 5v add to the very end Syn|Hypo|Hyper add on, affix, append annex attach to attach cause to be attached 6v serve as a supplement to Vitamins supplemented his meager diet Hyper be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent form or compose |
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