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compliment sb on sth
She complimented him on his new haircut.
她称赞他的新发型。
称赞；赞美；夸奖
compliments — third person singular of compliment
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称赞；赞美；夸奖
say something to someone that expresses praise
She complimented him on his new haircut.
她称赞他的新发型。
说赞美的话
say something to someone that expresses praise
表达尊敬或钦佩
express respect or esteem for
compliment
Base
原形
compliments
3rd person
第三人称单数
complimenting
-ing
现在分词
complimented
Past
过去式
complimented
Past participle
过去分词
She always compliments her colleagues on their work.
她总是称赞同事的工作。
He complimented my presentation yesterday.
他昨天称赞了我的演示。
They are complimenting the chef right now.
他们现在正在称赞厨师。
规则变化动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
She always compliments her students on their hard work.
她总是称赞学生的勤奋。
The manager complimented the team for finishing the project early.
经理表扬团队提前完成了项目。
He is complimenting her cooking skills right now.
他此刻正在夸奖她的厨艺。
She complimented him on his new haircut.
她称赞他的新发型。
通常用于称赞某人的行为或努力。
The teacher complimented the students for their hard work.
老师表扬了学生们努力学习。
Not this
I want to compliment you for your great work.
Use this
I want to compliment you on your great work.
动词compliment后接介词on表示“因某事称赞某人”，而for常用于表示目的或原因，此处应为on。
Not this
Your shirt compliments your eyes.
Use this
Your shirt complements your eyes.
compliment表示“称赞”，而complement表示“互补”，此处应表示“相配”，故用complement。
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为某事称赞某人
She complimented me on my cooking.
她夸我做的菜好吃。
因某事夸奖某人
The manager complimented her for the excellent report.
经理因那份出色的报告夸奖了她。
夸赞厨师
Be sure to compliment the chef after dinner.
晚饭后一定要夸赞厨师。
因某事受到称赞
He was complimented on his interview performance.
他因面试表现出色而受到称赞。
靠一句好的赞美，我能活两个月。
This humorous remark is attributed to American writer Mark Twain, showing how much he valued sincere praise.
这句幽默的话出自美国作家马克·吐温，体现了他对真诚赞美的高度珍视。
被人信任比被人喜爱更是一种赞美。
Often attributed to Scottish author George MacDonald, this saying emphasizes that trust is a deeper form of respect than affection.
这句常被归于苏格兰作家乔治·麦克唐纳的名言，强调信任比喜爱是更深层次的尊重。
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compliment 的 i 像'I'（我）在夸你；complement 的 e 像 extra，表示补全。只差一个字母，用 i 记住'我来赞美'。
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation、workplace feedback、written English 作为动词时，compliment 通常用于日常对话和一般书面表达，语气中性，表示称赞或夸奖；正式场合也可使用，但表达“致敬”的用法相对少见。
complement sounds exactly like compliment and is a common spelling mistake. Words like element, argument and development share only the ending -ment (pronounced /mənt/); they do not rhyme with compliment because the stressed vowel is different. Beware of comply and complete: they begin with the same letters compl- but sound different (/kəmˈplaɪ/ and /kəmˈpliːt/).
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