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bracket

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brack·et1 /ˈbrækɪt/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  (also round bracket) [usually plural] British EnglishBrESLA one of the pair of signs ( ) put around words to show extra information 圆括弧，圆括号 SYN American English parenthesis
in brackets
 Last year’s sales figures are given in brackets.
去年的销售额放在括弧中。
→ angle brackets, square bracket, punctuation mark
2  income/tax/age etc bracket INCLUDEa particular income, tax etc range 收入等级/税级/年龄组别等
 the highest tax bracket
最高税级
 families in lower income brackets
较低收入家庭
Examples from the Corpus
income/tax/age etc bracket• It's all to do with the £19,250 tax bracket and engines below 2 litres.• Name the ethnicity, tax bracket or wardrobe, and they were there in full force.• Together, that amounts to an annual tax saving of up to £1,000, compared to cars in a higher tax bracket.• In addition they estimated the implied income tax brackets associated with each dividend payout level.• Why should you and I be in the same tax bracket as Steve Forbes?• Jack Kemp would have to recommend that tax brackets be compressed to as low as 10 percent to dull their allure.• Dataquest said only 12 percent in this income bracket owned computers.• The key is, does your tax bracket justify buying munis?
3. TBCa piece of metal, wood, or plastic, often in the shape of the letter L, fixed to a wall to support something such as a shelf 〔钉在墙上的〕托架，托座，角撑架〔通常为L形〕
Examples from the Corpus
bracket• A little ink bottle and two pens were fastened to its floor by gold brackets.• Supplements in brackets apply to July and August departures.• A good ground is easy to find; hoisting lugs on the engine or the alternator mounting brackets make good grounds.• That same family, with the exact same buying power, would have been forced into the 40-percent bracket by 1980.• A slender pointed cellular disrupter swung out on skeletal brackets.• The square brackets reveal the position and length of the inserts.• Several companies have produced pension plans specifically for people in the higher income tax bracket.• Hide the brackets by adding an edging of deep wallpaper border - backing it with stiff card for extra durability.
in brackets• The expression in brackets is known as Bessel's correction.• Figures in brackets refer to the Notes.• Programme Directors are given in brackets.• All grammar information is given in brackets.• Corporate bodies Numbers in brackets indicate that a corporate body or its activities are discussed in the document concerned.• Prices in brackets apply to July and August departures.• The terms in brackets indicate changed values and variables.
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bracket2 verb [transitiveT]  
1  INCLUDEto consider two or more people or things as being similar or the same 把…视为同类；将…相提并论
be bracketed together
 Women and minors were bracketed together for the legislation.
这项法规中妇女和未成年人被归为一类。
be bracketed with somebody/something
 Arizona has been bracketed with Iowa in the tournament.
这次锦标赛，亚利桑那队和艾奥瓦队被编在一组。
2  SLAto put brackets around a written word, piece of information etc 用括弧括起
 Debit amounts are bracketed.
借项金额标在括弧内。
n Grammar
Bracket is usually passive.
Examples from the Corpus
bracket• Unpaid amounts have been bracketed.• Collision fenders were bracketed a few inches below the ends of the baulks.• Immediately four faint, narrow lines appeared, bracketing a tiny and undistinguished star.• But if the commonsense understanding of schooling is bracketed and belief suspended, another reality emerges, the life of the playground.• The strong U.S. economy of the 1980s was bracketed by two recessions.• Now his fate is to be for ever bracketed in the political record books with Austen Chamberlain.• The three ships swirled around my ship, neatly bracketing it as they matched its speed.• Sometimes it ignores lesbianism; sometimes it brackets it together with male homosexuality.• The airport's runway was bracketed on one end by power lines and on the other by a peach orchard.• All pipes should be bracketed to avoid accidental damage.
be bracketed with somebody/something• Arizona has been bracketed with Iowa in the tournament.
From Longman Business Dictionary
bracketbrack·et /ˈbrækɪt/ noun [countableC]
1a particular range that an amount or number, such as someone’s income or age, falls into
people in the 55-64 age bracket
2 (also (income) tax bracket, (income) tax band) one of the ranges of amounts that people’s income is divided into for the purpose of deciding how much tax they should pay
taxpayers in the 15% bracket
a rate of 35% in the top bracket (=for people with the highest incomes)
Origin bracket1
(1500-1600) French braguette “codpiece”, from brague “trousers”, from Latin braca; because of the way a bracket (3) sticks out
brack·et1 nounbracket2 verb →n GRAMMAR1
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