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

• The parenthesis is an important independent element in syntax.
  插入语是句法中的一个重要的独立成分。
• Write a right parenthesis.
  写入右括号。
• There are only two columns in this bin, each represented within the parenthesis.
  这种容器中只有2个列，都在括号中表示。
• 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。
• Omit the parenthesis only if the anonymous method could have been used on any delegate.
  仅当匿名方法可能被用于任何委托时省略括号。
• I should like to mention another point here by way of parenthesis.
  在这里我想附带再提一下另外一点。
• 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。
• 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。
• Do not read the parenthesis.
  不要把插入语读出来。
• So how do I switch the parenthesis?
  我如何调整那个括号？