英文法律文书简明教程（四）

　　括号

　　1 在引语中插入你自己选用的单词时，该单词使用括号。

　　Incorrect: The professor said that \"Frankfurter evolved from liberal to conservative while on the Supreme Court (and) Blackmun evolved from conservative to liberal.\"

　　Correct: The professor said that \"Frankfurter evolved from liberal to conservative while on the Supreme Court [and] Blackmun evolved from conservative to liberal.\"

　　2 为表示你在引语中改变了一个单词的一部分时，该部分使用括号。此类情形通常发生在为合并引语和你自己的句子时，要把大写字母变小写字母，反之亦然。

　　引语:

　　\"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.\" U.S. Const. amend. VIII.

　　不正确合并:

　　The Eighth Amendment provides that \"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.\" U.S. Const. amend. VIII.

　　正确合并:

　　The Eighth Amendment provides that \"[e]xcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.\" U.S. Const. amend. VIII.

　　相关参考：引语合并