The invention discloses a dimming circuit and a dimming method for an LED light supplementing lamp. An input end of a reference voltage module in the dimming circuit is connected with a power source, an output end of the reference voltage module is connected with a voltage sampling circuit, an amplifier and a single chip microcomputer, an output end of the voltage sampling circuit is connected with the amplifier, an output end of the amplifier is connected with the single chip microcomputer, the single chip microcomputer is connected with a constant-current driving circuit, and the constant-current driving circuit is in drive connection with an LED. The dimming method includes steps of (1), acquiring a reference voltage source via the reference voltage module; (2), matching a potentiometer with a divider resistor to sample signals; (3), enabling an operational amplifier circuit to process the signals so as to remove interference signals; (4), enabling the single chip microcomputer to complete high-precision A/D (analog/digital) conversion to obtain digital signals; (5), processing the digital signals to obtain digital PWM (pulse-width modulation) signals; and (6), adjusting the constant-current driving circuit by the digital PWM signals to control brightness variation of the LED. According to the dimming scheme, the dimming circuit and the dimming method have the advantages of high dimming precision, accurate brightness control, few required peripheral devices and the like.