知识扩展
相关变形拓展
复数:compliments→三单:compliments;过去式:complimented;过去分词:complimented;现在分词:complimenting→形容词:complimentary(赞美的;免费的)→副词:complimentarily→同义:praise(赞美);flattery(奉承)→对应词:criticism(批评)
易混词辨析
complement、compliment、praise
1. compliment:名词 “赞美;恭维”/ 动词 “赞美”,搭配 “pay sb. a compliment(赞美某人)、compliment sb. on(赞美某人的...)”;
2. complement:动词 / 名词 “补充;补足”,拼写近(误写 “compliment each other”(互相赞美) vs “complement each other”(互相补充));
3. 高频错误:“compliment for”(应为 “compliment on”);
4. praise:动词 / 名词 “表扬”,近义(“praise” 更正式,“compliment” 可含 “恭维” 义)。
词组短语
compliment someone on称赞某人的…
left-handed compliment言不由衷(或挖苦人)的恭维话