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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Expressions enclosed in parentheses can extend over multiple lines.
  括号中的表达式可以扩展到多个行。
• 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？
• If you wrap pattern elements in parentheses, you can use the matched contents in the replacement string.
  如果使用圆括号将模式元素括起来，您可以在替换字符串中使用匹配的内容。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。