pay sb a compliment
She paid him a compliment on his cooking.
她称赞了他的厨艺。
表示赞美和钦佩的话语(或行为)；恭维；敬意
a remark or act that expresses praise and admiration
表示赞美和钦佩的话语(或行为)
a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration
She received a compliment on her presentation from the manager.
她收到了经理对她展示的称赞。
用法提示：此处'compliment'为名词，表示称赞的话语。
It's always nice to give someone a sincere compliment.
总是很乐意给人真诚的赞美。
用法提示：此处'compliment'为名词，作为'give'的直接宾语。
He blushed at the unexpected compliment.
他因这意外的称赞而脸红。
用法提示：此处'compliment'为名词，作介词'at'的宾语。
She paid him a compliment on his cooking.
她称赞了他的厨艺。
He gave me a compliment on my new haircut.
他赞美了我的新发型。
She received a compliment from her boss.
她收到了老板的称赞。
表示把某事当作赞美，即使可能并非本意。
I take that as a compliment.
我把那当作赞美。
更通用，语气较强，可指任何赞美的言语
较正式，常指公开的赞誉或奖励，程度更强
正式用语，常用于官方或书面表扬
强调敬意，常用于纪念或感谢场合
含贬义，指过度或虚假的赞美，与compliment的真诚含义不同
grammar · medium
易错句子Your hat compliments your outfit.
正确表达Your hat complements your outfit.
动词 "compliment" 意为赞美，而 "complement" 意为补充或匹配。此处应使用 "complement"。
grammar · medium
易错句子He gave me several compliment.
正确表达He gave me several compliments.
"compliment" 是可数名词，复数形式为 "compliments"。当有数量词 "several" 修饰时，必须用复数。
指负面评价而非中性的否定
compliment 表示赞美或赞扬，而 complement 表示补充、使完善或相配。
称赞某人
She paid him a compliment on his cooking.
她称赞了他的厨艺。
受到赞美
He received many compliments on his new suit.
他的新西装受到许多赞美。
接受赞美
She doesn't know how to take a compliment gracefully.
她不知道如何优雅地接受赞美。
真诚的赞美
It was a sincere compliment, not just flattery.
那是真诚的赞美，不只是恭维。
好听的赞美话
That's a nice compliment, thank you.
这赞美真好听，谢谢你。
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赞美某人
She paid me a compliment on my new haircut.
她赞美了我的新发型。
把某事当作赞美
When they said my work was 'interesting', I took it as a compliment.
当他们对我的作品说‘有趣’时，我把它当作赞美。
回敬赞美；以同样方式回应
He helped me, so I returned the compliment by buying him lunch.
他帮了我，所以我请他吃午饭作为回报。
我不给赞美，我只做观察。
In The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon often says this to emphasize his logical nature.
在《生活大爆炸》中，谢尔顿经常这样说，强调他的逻辑性格。
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