n.增刊；補(bǔ)充物

vt.增補(bǔ)；補(bǔ)充

It comes out each week and it has a magazine supplement. 每周出版一期，還附有雜志增刊。

The upset supplement supplier went up with the puppet to the upper room for supper. 心煩意亂的增刊供給者與傀儡一起到上面的房間吃晚餐。

The money I got was a useful supplement to my ordinary income. 我得到的那筆錢是很管用的外快。

Man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it. 一個(gè)人的工作更多地是他自身的必要補(bǔ)充,而非這種補(bǔ)充的結(jié)果。

She gives private lessons to supplement her income. 她給私人授課以貼補(bǔ)收入。

I supplement my grant by working in the evenings. 我除享受助學(xué)金外還打夜工以增加收入。

I never refuse odd jobs to supplement my income it's all grist to the mill. 我為增加收入，對于做零活總是來者不拒--多多益善。

supplement的基本意思是“增補(bǔ)”,指對已很完整的事物作增補(bǔ),以使其進(jìn)一步改進(jìn)、豐富、提高。盡管所增加的東西對原事物的完全或完整并不是非有不可的,也不一定是相互依存的。

supplement用作及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,賓語后常接with或by; 與with連用,強(qiáng)調(diào)“補(bǔ)充的東西”; 與by連用,強(qiáng)調(diào)“補(bǔ)充的方法”。

supplement還可用作可數(shù)名詞,意為“補(bǔ)遺,補(bǔ)編”,此時(shí)其讀音為 ［'s?plIm?nt］ 。例如:A supplement to this dictionary may be published next year.該詞典的補(bǔ)編可能將于明年出版。