parentheses

英 [pəˈrɛnθɪsiːz]

美 [pəˈrɛnθəˌsiz]

n.  插入语
parenthesis的复数

柯林斯词典

• 圆括号
  Parenthesesare a pair of curved marks that you put around words or numbers to indicate that they are additional, separate, or less important. (This sentence is in parentheses.)
• 插入语
  Aparenthesisis a remark that is made in the middle of a piece of speech or writing, and which gives a little more information about the subject being discussed.
• PHRASE 插一句
  You say 'in parenthesis' to indicate that you are about to add something before going back to the main topic.
  1. In parenthesis, I'd say that there were two aspects to writing you must never lose sight of.
     插一句，关于写作，我认为有两个方面你绝不能忽视。

双语例句

• However, note the underscore and parentheses (_()) surrounding the string passed to button.
  但是，请注意传递给button的字符串周围的下划线和括号（（））。
• Although this is not proper XPath syntax, the parentheses imply a different priority.
  虽然这是不正确的XPath语法，但是括号暗示了不同的优先级。
• If the PATTERN contains parentheses, additional list elements are created from each matching substring in the delimiter.
  如果PATTERN里包含括号，那么每一个匹配的定界符子字符串都会作为元素加到列表中去。
• The second method does the same, but this time the enclosing parentheses are omitted.
  第二种方法与第一种相同，但这次省去了括号。
• Use parentheses to enclose a list of commands in a single group.
  使用括号将命令列表包括在单个组中。
• You can omit the parentheses only if you are not supplying any arguments.
  只有在不提供任何参数时，才可以省略括号。
• Expressions enclosed in parentheses can extend over multiple lines.
  括号中的表达式可以扩展到多个行。
• A regular expression can be enclosed in parentheses() for grouping.
  正则表达式可以放到圆括号（）中进行分组。
• All the three columns are represented with the parentheses.
  所有这3个列都在括号中表示。
• If you wrap pattern elements in parentheses, you can use the matched contents in the replacement string.
  如果使用圆括号将模式元素括起来，您可以在替换字符串中使用匹配的内容。