parenthesis
小括号,括号内,圆括号,括号内的内容
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plural pa·ren·the·ses [puh-ren-thuh-seez]. /pəˈrɛn θəˌsiz/.
- : either or both of a pair of signs used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- : Usually parentheses. the material contained within these marks.
- : Grammar. a qualifying, explanatory, or appositive word, phrase, clause, or sentence that interrupts a syntactic construction without otherwise affecting it, having often a characteristic intonation and indicated in writing by commas, parentheses, or dashes, as in William Smith—you must know him—is coming tonight.
- : an interval.
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Examples
Our roundup includes the inflation-adjusted price in parentheses, the year the deal took place, and a comment on whether the acquisition paid off.
In parentheses are the number of points you earn for each case.
The attack on the World Trade Center's towers (and on the Pentagon, that breathtaking parenthesis) was a brilliant act of jujitsu.
“When you have a food label and see quite a lot of parenthesis—first tip that your food may be highly fabricated,” she says.
He drops the parenthesis about the great Variety of entertaining Incidents, and he diminishes these engaging Scenes to it.
What a tendency there is to round off a narrative into falsehood; or else by parenthesis to destroy its pith and continuity.
Page 365: closing parenthesis added after "particular shape"
Page 388: closing parenthesis added after "assumption of omniscience"
Let me tell you in a parenthesis that he is going to the army to join the King.