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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When there are no actual arguments then the parentheses can be omitted.
  在没有实际参数时，可以省略括号。
• It is legal to have multiple category classes, separated by commas, within the use block's parentheses.
  在use块的圆括号中有多个categories类，之间用逗号隔开，这是合法的。
• But instead of brackets or parentheses, you use curly braces.
  但它不使用方括号和圆括号，而是使用尖括号。
• Expressions enclosed in parentheses can extend over multiple lines.
  括号中的表达式可以扩展到多个行。
• 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。
• Inside that pair of parentheses, find the operator with highest priority.
  在这对括号中，找出优先级最高的操作符。