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

• The test base grammar format uses a format of parentheses and brackets to help specify the grammar to use.
  测试的基本语法格式是使用一种由圆括号和方括号组成的格式帮助指定所用的语法。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Parameters are declared in the procedure declaration in the parentheses that follow the procedure name.
  在过程声明中，参数在紧跟着过程名的括号中声明。
• 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。
• 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。
• Consider using parentheses to improve readability and avoid mistakes because of logical operator precedence.
  考虑使用括号来改善可读性和避免由于逻辑操作符的优先级导致的错误。
• Do not add parentheses to a method or constructor name unless you want to specify a particular signature.
  不要对方法或构造函数名增加括号，除非你想表示特定的签名。