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

• 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。
• 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。
• All the three columns are represented with the parentheses.
  所有这3个列都在括号中表示。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。