parenthetical:插入的、插入成分的

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摘要:parenthetical可以看作是从parenthesis派生的形容词,含义为与“parenthesis有关的,具有parenthesis特质的”,即“插入的、插入成分的”,是正式场合用语。

parenthetical源自中世纪拉丁语parentheticus,往前追到希腊语parenthetos,后者含义为put in beside。

parenthetical可以看作是从parenthesis派生的形容词,含义为与“parenthesis有关的,具有parenthesis特质的”,即“插入的、插入成分的”,是正式场合用语。

品读例句:

【例句1】A parenthetical remark or section is put into something written or spoken but is not essential to it. (插入性注释或部分被放入书面或口头的东西中,但它对后者不是必需的。)

【例句2】Fox was making a long parenthetical remark about his travels on the border of the country. (福克斯对他在该国边境的旅行发表了长篇大论。 )[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

parenthetical也写作parenthetic。

parenthetically是副词,如

【例句3】Well, parenthetically, I was trying to quit smoking at the time. (顺便插一句,当时我正试图戒烟。)[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句4】And what, we may ask parenthetically, does it mean? (我们可以顺便问一下,这意味着什么? )[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句5】Quotations from this text will be cited parenthetically. (这篇文章中的引文将以括号形式被引用。)[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句6】I might add, parenthetically, that she was a great supporter of the party. (我可以顺便补充一句,她是该党的坚定支持者。)[剑桥高级学者辞典]

来源:花儿教育

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