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parenthesis

/puh-ren-thuh-sis/US // pəˈrɛn θə sɪs //UK // (pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs) //

小括号,括号内,圆括号,括号内的内容

Related Words

footnote脚注,脚印excursus游记,摘录,游学,摘记divagation分裂,分化,分散,分歧aside一旁,一边,一旁的,一旁的人note备注,注,注意,说明deviation偏差,偏离,偏离度,背离incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况detour绕行,绕道,绕道而行,迂回variation变化,变异,变体,变奏divergency分流,紧急情况,分歧,紧急情况下diversion转移,分流,转用,转运tangent正切线,切线,正切,正切面difference差异,差别,区别,不同episode小插曲,剧集,插曲,剧情departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时irrelevancy无关紧要,无关紧要处,不相干性,无关紧要的事wandering游荡的,游荡,流浪的,游荡的人excursion游览,游玩,游历,旅游deflection变形,偏转,挠曲,挠性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundigression
Forms: parentheses
Synonyms
apostrophe撇号,省略号,撇去,撇开不谈aside一旁,一边,一旁的,一旁的人deflection变形,偏转,挠曲,挠性departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时detour绕行,绕道,绕道而行,迂回deviation偏差,偏离,偏离度,背离difference差异,差别,区别,不同divagation分裂,分化,分散,分歧divergence分歧,分歧性,发散性,分歧的情况divergency分流,紧急情况,分歧,紧急情况下diversion转移,分流,转用,转运drifting漂移,漂泊,漂流,漂移的episode小插曲,剧集,插曲,剧情excursion游览,游玩,游历,旅游excursus游记,摘录,游学,摘记footnote脚注,脚印incident事件,事故,事变,事件发生irrelevancy无关紧要,无关紧要处,不相干性,无关紧要的事note备注,注,注意,说明tangent正切线,切线,正切,正切面variation变化,变异,变体,变奏wandering游荡的,游荡,流浪的,游荡的人discursion辩论会,论述,讨论会,讨论obiter dictum顺口溜,附言,附带说明,附注rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的

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.

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