parenthesis
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT Parentheses are a pair of curved marks that you put around words or numbers to indicate that they are additional, separate, or less important. (This sentence is in parentheses.) 括號(hào)
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parenthesis /p??r?nθ?s?s/ (parentheses/p??r?nθ?si?z/)
劍橋詞典
- a remark that is added to a sentence , often to provide an explanation or extra information , that is separated from the main part of the sentence by commas , brackets , or dashes
插入語
The sentence "Her youngest sister - the one who lives in Australia - is coming over next summer " contains a parenthesis. “她妹妹——住在澳大利亞的那一個(gè)——夏天會(huì)來”這句話中包含一個(gè)插入語。
?in parenthesis
If, while you are talking , you say something in parenthesis, you say it as something extra and then continue with the main part of the sentence .
附帶
Of his origins he said very little, merely mentioning in parenthesis that his background was poor . 關(guān)于他的身世他談得很少，只是附帶地提到他家境貧寒。 返回 parenthesis