adjunct

1. N-COUNT Something that is an adjunct to something larger or more important is connected with it or helps to perform the same task. 補充[oft N 'to/of' n]

Physical therapy is an important adjunct to drug treatments. 物理治療是對葯物治療的重要補充。

2. N-COUNT In grammar, an adjunct is a word or group of words which indicates the circumstances of an action, event, or situation. An adjunct is usually a prepositional phrase or an adverb phrase. (常以介詞或副詞短語出現(xiàn)的)脩飾語