| 单词 | parenthesis |
| 释义 | Related topics: Letters & punctuationpa·ren·the·sis /pəˈrenθɪsɪs/ ●○○ noun (plural parentheses /-siːz/) [countable usually plural] 1 SLAa round bracket 圆括号in parentheses The figures in parentheses refer to page numbers. 圆括号内的数字表示页码。2 in parenthesis British English, in parentheses American English if you say something in parenthesis, you say it while you are talking about something else in order to add information or explain something 作为插入语 In parenthesis, I should add that the results have not yet been proven. 插一句，我想补充的是这些结果还未得到证实。 → punctuation markExamples from the Corpusparenthesis• How can you escape all this without some haversack of a parenthesis about the lady's character?• We must begin with a parenthesis.• Some of that evidence, it might be said in parenthesis, appears to be adverse to the appellants.• She saw and registered all this in parenthesis.• In parenthesis I should say that I am passing quickly over the significance of these four levels of understanding.• The single amino acid change from the rat sequence is indicated in the parenthesis.Origin parenthesis (1500-1600) Late Latin Greek, from parentithenai “to put in”pa·ren·the·sis nounChineseSyllable round a bracket Corpus |
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