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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All the three columns are represented with the parentheses.
  所有这3个列都在括号中表示。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When parsing expressions written in infix notation, you need parentheses and precedence rules to remove ambiguity.
  对以中缀表示法书写的表达式进行语法分析时，需要用括号和优先规则排除多义性。
• 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？