Word · Frequency #22514
parenthesis
圆括号；括号
Either of the round brackets ( ), used to enclose extra information in writing or to group terms in mathematics.
- 1.
A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
- 2.
Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
- 3.
Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.
插入语；插入成分；圆括号；插入语；附带；插曲
In use
Please put the year in parentheses after the author's name.
The speaker added a brief parenthesis about his own experience.
In academic writing, parentheses are often used to cite sources.
in parentheses
常用复数形式 parentheses。
The date is given in parentheses.
日期写在圆括号内。
put/place something in parentheses
Please put the explanation in parentheses.
请把解释放在圆括号里。
as a parenthesis
此处 parenthesis 指插入的话语。
He added a remark as a parenthesis.
Connections
Collocations
- in parentheses
- 在括号里
- Please write the answer in parentheses.请把答案写在括号里。
- enclose in parentheses
- 用括号括起来
- The translator decided to enclose the original term in parentheses.译者决定用括号把原文术语括起来。
- set off in parentheses
- 用括号隔开；用括号标出
- The author set off the clause in parentheses to add a side note.作者用括号把从句隔开，以加入一句附注。
- opening parenthesis
- 左圆括号；前括号
- You forgot an opening parenthesis in the code.你的代码里漏了一个左圆括号。
- closing parenthesis
- 右圆括号；后括号
- Make sure every closing parenthesis matches an opening one.确保每个右圆括号都有一个左圆括号与之对应。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：一对圆括号( )像两只手，夹住插入句中的解释；parenthesis 拼作 paren-the-sis，括起来的那段话就是插入语。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、grammar and punctuation guides、academic prose parenthesis 多用于正式书面语，常见于学术写作、语法说明和标点使用指南中；日常口语中这个词较少直接使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -thesis 结尾，但发音不同。thesis 与 prosthesis 押韵（/-ˈθiːsɪs/）；synthesis 与 photosynthesis 押韵（/-ˈsɪnθəsɪs/）；hypothesis 与 antithesis 各有不同的重读元音，均不与上面两组或 parenthesis 押韵。注意：所有词都只是 parenthesis 的形似词，并不与 parenthesis /pəˈrenθisis/ 押韵，因为 parenthesis 的重音在 ren 上。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.