1N-COUNT [usually plural]圆括号Parentheses are a pair of curved marks that you put around words or numbers to indicate that they are additional, separate, or less important. (This sentence is in parentheses.) 圆括号
2N-COUNT 插入语 A parenthesis is a remark that is made in the middle of a piece of speech or writing, and which gives a little more information about the subject being discussed. 插入语
3PHRASE 插一句 You say 'in parenthesis' to indicate that you are about to add something before going back to the main topic. 插一句
In parenthesis, I'd say that there were two aspects to writing you must never lose sight of.
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。