parenthesis

英 [pəˈrenθəsɪs]

美 [pəˈrenθəsɪs]

n.  插入语

复数：parentheses　

TEM8

BNC.22514 / COCA.15481

牛津词典

noun

• 插入语
  a word, sentence, etc. that is added to a speech or piece of writing, especially in order to give extra information. In writing, it is separated from the rest of the text using brackets, commas or dashes .
  1. Irregular forms are given in parentheses .
     不规则形式标注在括号内。
• 插入语
  a word, sentence, etc. that is added to a speech or piece of writing, especially in order to give extra information. In writing, it is separated from the rest of the text using brackets, commas or dashes .
  1. Irregular forms are given in parentheses .
     不规则形式标注在括号内。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a message that departs from the main subject
  Synonym:digressionasideexcursusdivagation
• either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

双语例句

• So the question is: Do you have to have this space between the if and the parenthesis?
  所以那个问题是：我们在if和括号之间，需不需要空格呢？
• Write a left parenthesis.
  写入左括号。
• There is not a right parenthesis following the class or interface list.
  类或接口列表后没有右圆括号。
• Missing subquery or the operator you entered requires parenthesis.
  缺少子查询或输入的运算符需要圆括号。
• If the character is an opening parenthesis, push it onto the stack.
  如果字符是个开括号，把它压入堆栈。
• The Inbox button still features an unread count ( in parenthesis for the desktop display).
  Inbox按钮仍然提供了未读计数（在桌面显示中被放入括号中）。
• The first insertion point, after the closing parenthesis, now reappears.
  第二个括号之后的第一个插入点现在又重新出现了。
• The configuration parameters that control the sizes of these memory pools are shown in parenthesis.
  括号中显示了控制这些内存池大小的配置参数。
• Write a right parenthesis.
  写入右括号。
• So how do I switch the parenthesis?
  我如何调整那个括号？