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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The variable in parentheses must contain a valid SQL clause, which is parsed at runtime.
  圆括号中的变量必须包含一个有效的SQL子句，在运行时会解析它。
• 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。
• 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（（））。
• 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。
• Expressions enclosed in parentheses can extend over multiple lines.
  括号中的表达式可以扩展到多个行。
• 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。