qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses;
"parenthetical remarks"
例句
A parenthetic explanation of a word or charge in a legal document. 加注说明在一个法律文件中对一句话或控告的附带性解释
Use parenthetic citations instead of footnotes wherever possible. 在任何可能的地方，采用带附加说明的引用而不是注脚。
An alternative to this practice: the first referenceto the text can be footnoted, which note can include the remark "Subsequent parenthetic references are to this edition. 相同情况的另一种选择:第一次提及可以用脚注,脚注中可包括这样的说明:“下文括号说明中引用的是这个版本。
If a source has two or three authors, mention all the names in the signal phrase in your sentence or put them in your parenthetic citation: (Baker, Smythe, and Wills 207). 如果资料来源有两个或三个作者，在句子中提及所有名字，或将他们的姓名放到夹注中：（巴克尔，史密斯，以及威尔斯207）。
Similar in principle to the enclosing of parenthetic expressions between commas is the setting off by commas of phrases or dependent clauses preceding or following the main clause of a sentence. 类似将附带说明放在逗号之间的规则，位在句子主要子句之前或之后的片语或从属子句，也应以逗号隔开。
