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

• 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。
• In assembler programming, one or more operation represented by a combination of terms and paired parentheses.
  汇编程序设计中，用项和括号对的组合所代表的一个或多个操作。
• Note the brackets ( not parentheses), which are required to compose an anonymous list reference.
  注意方括号（不是圆括号）中需要组成一个匿名列表引用。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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（（））。
• All the three columns are represented with the parentheses.
  所有这3个列都在括号中表示。
• 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。