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

• First of all, you may be wondering why so many parentheses were used.
  首先，您可能会奇怪为什么此处使用了这么多的括号。
• 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。
• 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 might be wondering what happens if you omit the parentheses from the constructor call.
  您可能想知道如果省略了构造函数调用中的圆括号将会发生什么。
• So, what would have happened, had I failed to type that pair of parentheses?
  所以如果我没有，打这一对儿括号的话会怎么样呢？
• Expressions enclosed in parentheses can extend over multiple lines.
  括号中的表达式可以扩展到多个行。
• Additional predicates added to a complex WHERE clause, containing OR, AND, and() parentheses.
  添加到复杂的WHERE语句的额外谓词，包括OR、AND和（）括号。
• The parentheses are empty, which indicates that the method takes no arguments.
  圆括号内是空的，表示了这种方法不包含任何参数。
• They are enclosed in parentheses and separated by a comma.
  它们被包围在圆括号中并由逗号分隔。
• 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。