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pa.ren.the.sis ADDITIONAL PHRASEpE5rent7WE7sIsn [C]pl parentheses pR9rentYPRYsi:za remark which is added to a sentence, often to provide an explanation or additional information, and which is separated from the main part of the sentence by commas, BRACKETS or DASHES插入语The sentence "Her youngest sister -- the one who lives in Australia -- is coming over next summer" contains a parenthesis.“她最小的妹妹----住在澳大利亚的那一个----明年夏天将来这里”这句句子含有一个插入语。If, while you are talking, you say something in parenthesis, you say it as an addition and then continue with the main part of the sentence.附带Of his origins he said very little, merely mentioning in parenthesis that his background was poor.关于他的身世他谈得很少，只是附带提到他的家境很穷。
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