supplement是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 something that is added to something else in order to improve it or complete it; something extra -- 補充物，增補物

  • The doctor said she should be taking vitamin supplements. 醫生說她應該服用維生素補充劑。

  • The money I get from teaching eveningnight classes provides a supplement to my main income. 我晚上教課所賺的錢可以補充我的主要收入。

  • We paid a supplement (= an extra amount of money) so that we could have a cabin on board the ship. 我們多付了一些錢，這樣我們在船上就可以有一個單獨的小艙住。

  • The newspaper publishes a sports supplement every Monday. 這家報紙每週一出版一份體育副刊。

  • There is a supplement to the dictionary containing new words. 這部詞典有一個新詞附錄。

• 1 to add something to something to make it larger or better -- 增加，補充，增補

  • He supplements (= adds to) his income by working in a bar at night. 他晚上在酒吧打工以增加收入。

  • Some vegetarians like to supplement their diets with iron. 有些素食主義者喜歡在飲食之外吃一些含鐵的藥片。