bracket是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 either of two symbols put around a word, phrase, or sentence in a piece of writing to show that what is between them should be considered as separate from the main part -- 括號

  • Biographical information is included in brackets. 括號裡包含了作者的個人資料。

  • UK You should include the date of publication in round brackets after the title. 你應該在題目後面的圓括號裡註明出版日期。

• 1 a group with fixed upper and lower limits -- 等級；段；檔次

  • They were both surgeons in a high income bracket. 他倆都屬於高收入階層的外科醫生。

  • Most of our students are in the 18–22 age bracket. 我們大多數的學生都屬於18至22歲這個年齡層。

  • Her pay rise brought her into a new tax bracket. 她薪金的增加使她進入了新的納稅等級。

• 2 a piece of metal, wood, or plastic, usually L-shaped, that is fastened to a wall and used to support something such as a shelf -- （通常呈L形、固定在牆上的）托架，支架，小壁架

• 3 to put brackets around words, phrases, numbers, etc. -- 把…置於括弧中

  • I've bracketed the parts of the text that could be omitted. 我已把文章可省略的部分用括號括起來了。

• 4 If you bracket two or more things or people, you consider them to be similar or connected to each other. -- 將…相提並論；把…歸入同一類

  • He's often bracketed with the romantic poets of this period although this does not reflect the range of his work. 人們常常把他與這個時期的浪漫詩人相提並論，儘管這並不能反映出他的作品的涉獵範圍。