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parenthesis

noun
🔊/pəˈrenθəsɪs/
🔊/pəˈrenθəsɪs/
(plural parentheses
🔊/pəˈrenθəsiːz/
🔊/pəˈrenθəsiːz/
)
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  1. a word, sentence, etc. that is added to a speech or piece of writing, especially in order to give extra information. In writing, it is separated from the rest of the text using brackets, commas or dashes插入语.
    • in parenthesis I add, in parenthesis, that I doubt whether such a place exists.我补充一句，我怀疑这样一个地方是否存在。
    • I should say, in parenthesis, that these figures cannot always be trusted.我要附带说一句，这些数字不可全信。
    Topics Languagec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    preposition
    • in parenthesis
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  2. (formal or North American English)
    (British English bracket, round bracket)
    [usually plural] either of a pair of marks, ( ) placed around extra information in a piece of writing or part of a problem in mathematics括号
    • in parentheses Irregular forms are given in parentheses.不规则形式标注在括号内。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The numbers outside the parentheses are the sales figures.括号外的数字是销售数字。
    • The words in parentheses should be deleted.括号内的字应该删掉。
    • The prices are given in parentheses.价格在括号内。
    Topics Languageb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + parentheses
    • enclose something in parentheses
    • give something in parentheses
    • put something in parentheses
    • …
    preposition
    • in parentheses
    • inside parentheses
    • within parentheses
    • …
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    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek, from parentithenai ‘put in beside’.