柯林斯詞典parenthetical /?p?r?n?θ?t?k?l/ 1. ADJ A parenthetical remark or section is put into something written or spoken but is not essential to it. 附加的; 插入語的[usu ADJ n] Fox was making a long parenthetical remark about his travels on the border of the country. 福尅斯正在插入一大段題外話，講述他在該國邊境遊歷的故事。2. parentheticallyADV Well, parenthetically, I was trying to quit smoking at the time. 嗯，插一句，我那時正嘗試戒菸。 And what, we may ask parenthetically, does it mean? 我們想插問一句，這是什麼意思？ 返回 parenthetical劍橋詞典A parenthetical remark is said in addition to the main part of what you are saying. 作爲附帶說明的，作爲附加注解的 返回 parenthetical