Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and

Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.What does the underlined word mean and what contextual clue is used in the following sentence?“It is undesirable to write with too many parentheses, a pair of brackets round words or phrases”
【正确答案】：

“PARENTHESES” MEANS A PAIR OF BRACKETS ROUND WORDS OR PHRASES. THE CONTEXT CLUE USED IS DEFINITION/ EXPLANATION.

【题目解析】：“圆括号”是指围绕单词或短语的一对括号。使用的上下文线索是定义/解释。