1parentheses (especially NAmE) marks around extra information in writing括號➡ see also bracketVERB + PARENTHESES | PREPOSITIONVERB + PARENTHESES➤enclose sth in parentheses, give sth in parentheses, put sth in parentheses將⋯置於括號內◇The prices are given in parentheses.價格在括號內。PREPOSITION➤in parentheses, inside parentheses, within parentheses括號內◇The words in parentheses should be deleted.括號內的字應該刪掉。➤outside parentheses括號外◇The numbers outside the parentheses are the sales figures.括號外的數字是銷售數字。parenthesis
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2extra information in a sentence, etc.插話;附加成分ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤long長長的插話◇After a long parenthesis, she returned to the matter in hand.插了很長一段話後,她重新做手頭的事。PREPOSITION➤in parenthesis附帶◇I add, in parenthesis, that I doubt whether such a place exists.我補充一句,我懷疑這樣一個地方是否存在。
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