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

• In this expression, we do not need a multiplication sign or parenthesis.
  这个表达式中，我们不需要乘号或括号。
• 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 current paper summarizes the base unit, distribution, mark and rhetoric function of the parenthesis in Chinese.
  文章结合实例概述汉语中插入语的构成单位、分布特征、形式标记和修辞功能。
• So how do I switch the parenthesis?
  我如何调整那个括号？
• For the sake of discussion, we have assigned a short name to each of the actions ( shown in parenthesis).
  为了讨论方便，我们为每种行为取了个简短的名字（见圆括号中的显示）。
• This is the same length as the old style, but reads more cleanly and has fewer parenthesis.
  这与旧式写法长度一样，但可读性更好并且括号也少了。
• 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。
• 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。
• In line 11, after the value of variable_X is a closed parenthesis()) highlighted in red.
  在第11行上，变量值X后面是一个用红色突出显示的后圆括号（））。
• 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。