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

• 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。
• Expressions enclosed in parentheses can extend over multiple lines.
  括号中的表达式可以扩展到多个行。
• 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。
• Inside that pair of parentheses, find the operator with highest priority.
  在这对括号中，找出优先级最高的操作符。
• After the object name, add a period, the name of the method, and parentheses.
  在对象名称之后，依次添加句点、方法名称和括号。
• 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。
• 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（（））。
• 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？
• 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。
• All the three columns are represented with the parentheses.
  所有这3个列都在括号中表示。