n.增刊；补充物

vt.增补；补充

It comes out each week and it has a magazine supplement. 每周出版一期，还附有杂志增刊。

The upset supplement supplier went up with the puppet to the upper room for supper. 心烦意乱的增刊供给者与傀儡一起到上面的房间吃晚餐。

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

Man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it. 一个人的工作更多地是他自身的必要补充,而非这种补充的结果。

I supplement my grant by working in the evenings. 我除享受助学金外还打夜工以增加收入。

I never refuse odd jobs to supplement my income it's all grist to the mill. 我为增加收入，对于做零活总是来者不拒--多多益善。

supplement的基本意思是“增补”,指对已很完整的事物作增补,以使其进一步改进、丰富、提高。尽管所增加的东西对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用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,宾语后常接with或by; 与with连用,强调“补充的东西”; 与by连用,强调“补充的方法”。

supplement还可用作可数名词,意为“补遗,补编”,此时其读音为 ［'sʌplImənt］ 。例如:A supplement to this dictionary may be published next year.该词典的补编可能将于明年出版。