parenthesis
noun[C]
uk/pəˈren.θə.sɪs/us/pəˈren.θə.sɪs/pluralparenthesesaremarkthat isaddedto asentence, often toprovideanexplanationorextrainformation, that isseparatedfrom themainpartof thesentencebycommas,brackets, ordashes:
插入语Thesentence"Heryoungestsister- the one wholivesinAustralia- is coming over nextsummer"containsa parenthesis.“她妹妹——住在澳大利亚的那一个——夏天会来”这句话中包含一个插入语。
in parenthesis
If, while you aretalking, you say something in parenthesis, you say it as somethingextraand thencontinuewith themainpartof thesentence:
附带Of hisoriginshe said very little,merelymentioningin parenthesis that hisbackgroundwaspoor.关于他的身世他谈得很少,只是附带地提到他家境贫寒。
Remarks & remarking
- air
- annotate
- annotation
- annotator
- backbite
- backbiting
- barb
- commentary
- dog whistle
- felicity
- last word
- line
- malediction
- mention
- mot juste
- platitude
- profundity
- remark
- sideswipe
- throwaway