| 释义 |
parenthesis
[pə'rent.θə.sɪs] (plural parentheses)
noun countable
■a remark which is added to a sentence, often to provide an explanation or extra information, and which is separated from the main part of the sentence by commas, brackets or dashes 插入语•The sentence 'Her youngest sister - the one who lives in Australia - is coming over next summer' contains a parenthesis.这句话中包含一个插入语。 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 附带•Of his origins he said very little, merely mentioning in parenthesis that his background was poor.关于他的身世他谈得很少，只是附带提到他家境清寒。 |