1. 1附帶地;順便補一句

    You say or write something parenthetically when you slip it in as an extra while the main point is about something else. It is the adverb that matches parenthetical: the side note as a way of speaking, not as a kind of family. “Parenthetically, the figures are last year’s” means that last bit is not the main claim; it is added while you go. Writers and careful speakers use it. Though actually, most people in ordinary talk just say “by the way” or “oh, and.” Same family as parenthesis — still nothing to do with being a mum or dad.

core核心畫面

組成From parenthetical + -ly, the usual English adverb ending (from Old English -līċe, down a long Germanic line).

同家族的字

  • parentheticalthis adverb is simply that adjective plus -ly
  • parenthesissame “placed in beside” family as the brackets and the side remark

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

parentheticallyadv/ˈpæɹənˌθɛtɪkli/

  • 1

    As an aside, incidentally.

    • «Just as we passed that other lamp I was going to tell you a further thing, Sal, but now I am parenthetically continuing with a new thought and by the time we reach the next I’ll return to the original subject, agreed?»
  • 2

    Using parentheses.

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