complementary

• 指两个事物相互补充、使彼此更完整或更完善，常用于颜色、关系或服务等语境，也表示相互关系中的互补性。

Describes something that completes or enhances something else by providing what is lacking or by adding a positive quality.

1. Completing or enhancingB2formal

   Serving to complete or enhance something else, often by providing what is lacking.

   互补的

   • The two colors are complementary and look great together.
   • Their skills are complementary, making them a strong team.
   • The wine was complementary to the cheese platter.

   同义词additionalcompletingcoordinatingcorrespondingmatchingmutualreciprocalsupplementarysupporting

   反义词conflictingcontradictoryincompatible

2. Free of chargeB1formal

   Given or supplied as a free bonus or courtesy.

   免费的

   • The hotel offers a complementary breakfast to all guests.
   • We received complementary tickets to the concert.
   • The spa provides complementary towels and slippers.

   同义词complimentarycourtesyfreefree of chargegratis

• 指两种色光混合后能产生白光、或在颜料中混合后产生中性灰的颜色；也泛指互为补充、相互配合的事物。

A noun referring to one of two chromatic colors that, when combined, produce white light or a neutral gray in pigments.

1. Complementary colorB2formal

   Either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments).

   互补色

   • Red and green are complementary colors in the context of light.
   • The artist used complementary colors to create contrast.
   • When mixing pigments, blue and orange are considered complementary.

   同义词complementopposite