柯林斯詞典parenthesis /p??r?nθ?s?s/ (parentheses/p??r?nθ?si?z/) 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 返回 parenthesis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——夏天會來”這句話中包含一個插入語。 ?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