bracket
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT If you say that someone or something is in a particular bracket, you mean that they come within a particular range, for example, a range of incomes, ages, or prices. (收入、年齡、價格等的) 范圍
...a 33% top tax rate on everyone in these high-income brackets. …這些高收入范圍內(nèi)每個人的33%的最高稅率。
2. N-COUNT Brackets are pieces of metal, wood, or plastic that are fastened to a wall in order to support something such as a shelf. (固定在墻上的) 支架
Fix the beam with the brackets and screws. 用支架和螺絲固定橫梁。
3. V-T If two or more people or things are bracketed together, they are considered to be similar or related in some way. 歸為一類
The Magi, Brahmins, and Druids were bracketed together as men of wisdom. 三賢人、婆羅門、德魯伊特教僧侶一起被歸為智者。
4. N-COUNT Brackets are pair of marks ( ) that are placed around a series of symbols in a mathematical expression to indicate that those symbols function as one item within the expression. (數(shù)學中用以表示整體的) 括號
5. N-COUNT Brackets are a pair of written marks ( ) that you place around a word, expression, or sentence in order to indicate that you are giving extra information. (用以給出額外信息的) 括號[英國英語]
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bracket /?br?k?t/ (bracketing,bracketed,brackets)
劍橋詞典
- The country's initials are given in brackets after the figure .
- She'd put brackets around the clause .
- What does the figure in brackets refer to?
bracket noun (SYMBOL)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復數(shù)形式的名詞 通常作為復數(shù)使用的名詞 ]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. 括號里給出了作者的個人信息。
UK You should include the date of publication in round brackets after the title . 你應該在題目后面的圓括號里注明出版日期。
也見 parentheses
比較
square brackets
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bracket noun (GROUP)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復數(shù)形式的名詞 ]a group with fixed upper and lower limits
等級；段；檔次
They were both surgeons in a high income bracket. 他倆都屬于高收入階層的外科醫(yī)生。
Most of our students are in the 18–22 age bracket. 我們大多數(shù)的學生都屬于18至22歲這個年齡段。
Her pay rise brought her into a new tax bracket. 她薪水的增加使她進入了新的納稅等級。
bracket noun (SUPPORT)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復數(shù)形式的名詞 ]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、固定在墻上的）托架，支架，小壁架 返回 bracket