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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。