complement是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 补足物, (船上的) 定员; 补语; vt. 补足, 补充，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But the ship, having her full complement of seamen, spurned his suit; and not all the King his father's influence could prevail.
-- In like manner, the Greenland whalers sailing out of Hull or London, put in at the Shetland Islands, to receive the full complement of their crew.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His faults are accepted as the necessary complement to his merits.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- asked the second officer, referring, of course, to its complement of policemen.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was a full complement of passengers on board, among them English, many Americans, a large number of coolies on their way to California, and several East Indian officers, who were spending their vacation in making the tour of the world.
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