• n. 插入语,插入成分
• n. 圆括号
• n. 间歇，插曲

para-,在旁，在周围，en-,进入，使，-thes,放置，词源同thesis,do.引申词义插入语，括号。

parenthesis (n.)

1540s, "words, clauses, etc. inserted into a sentence," from Middle French parenthèse (15c.), from Late Latin parenthesis "addition of a letter to a syllable in a word," from Greek parenthesis, literally "a putting in beside," from parentithenai "put in beside," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + en- "in" + tithenai "put, place" (see theme). Sense extension by 1715 from the inserted words to the curved brackets that indicate the words inserted.

A wooden parenthesis; the pillory. An iron parenthesis; a prison. ["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence," London, 1811]

1. In parenthesis, I'd say that there were two aspects to writing you must never lose sight of.

插一句，关于写作，我认为有两个方面你绝不能忽视。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I should like to mention another point here by way of parenthesis.

在这里我想附带再提一下另外一点.

来自辞典例句

3. I should like to mention this by way of parenthesis.

我想附带地提一提这个问题.

来自辞典例句

4. Items encapsulated in parenthesis are evaluated first and have the highest precedence.

先给包含在括号中的项目赋值,它拥有最高的优先权.

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5. A common syntax error is to omit a parenthesis.

一个常见的语法错误是省略插入语.

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