apostrophes

apostrophes

美 [əˈpɑstrəfi] 　英 [əˈpɒstrəfi]

• n.撇号；【语】顿呼法；所有格符号；复数符号
• 网络表示省略的撇号；省略符号；表示省略或所有格

词形变化

复数：apostrophes  

英汉解释

n.	1. 撇号,省字号 2. 【语】顿呼法 3. 所有格符号 4. 复数符号 5. 表示一字中的某一音不发

英英解释

n.	1. the symbol ’ used in writing. In English, it marks the possessive form of a noun, for example “Bob’s car,” or a place where one or more letters have been removed from a word or phrase, for example “isn’t.”

例句

Show code , when applicable, that is clear and easy to read and copy as a whole, without texturized quotes or apostrophes .

在合适的地方展示你的代码，这样容易阅读和拷贝，不要文本引用和省略语之类。

Since strings can be enclosed in either single or double quotation marks, you can quote something that contains quote marks or apostrophes.

由于字符串可以用单引号或双引号引起来，因此可以引用包含引号或撇号的内容。

Mr. Gilb's struggles with his own keyboard are deftly woven into the text, which contains no capital letters or apostrophes.

吉尔先生将他在打字时所付出的努力巧妙地写进了这个没有大写字母和省略号的文本里。

Last month two local councils in the UK declared that they were getting rid of all apostrophes in street signs to "avoid confusion" .

1月份，英国两处地方议会宣布，将抹去街道标志中的所有格符号，以“避免困惑”。

Either single or double quotation marks can enclose strings , which permits quotes that contain quote marks or apostrophes .

单引号或双引号都可以包围字符串，这就允许引文中再包含引号或撇号。

The only complication comes from names that themselves contain one or more apostrophes.

人名中惟一的复杂情况是人名本身可能包含一个或多个撇号。

Two sequential apostrophes in a quoted string denote a single character, namely an apostrophe.

引用串中连续的两个单引号表示一个字符，即单引号。

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the use of apostrophes became more consistent.

在19世纪末20世纪初，撇号的使用变得更加统一。

Simply put, we don't hear apostrophes, and this is a significant factor accounting for the inconsistency with which they are used.

一言以蔽之，我们听不见撇号的存在。这是撇号用法不一致的一个重要因素。

We need to maintain special characters, apostrophes, and proper spacing in the message so itis easily viewed by users after being piped.

我们需要保持特殊字符，撇号，并在邮件中适当的间距那么容易被用户浏览后管道itis。

To represent an apostrophe inside a string , use two apostrophes in a row .

在一行中使用两个撇号来表示字符串中的撇号。

Same story with the apostrophe: in the 18th-century authors were sprinkling apostrophes over everything.

单引号的情形也一样：18世纪的作家凡事都用单引号。

Most apostrophes were removed from American maps in 1891 by the Board on Geographic Names.

大部分撇号在1891年版美国地图中已被美国地名委员会除去。

Strings inside apostrophes are not expanded.

单引号内的字符串是不会展开的。

The use of apostrophes in British place names is a subject of querulous debate.

撇号在英国地名中的使用也是充斥抱怨的争论话题。

If a literal string is delimited by double quotation marks, the string can contain embedded single quotation marks, such as apostrophes.

如果文字字符串由双引号分隔，则可以在字符串中包含嵌入式单引号，如省略号。

These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes.

注意：仅有双重或三重单引号，但是并没有双重双引号。

For example, it gave special treatment to hyphens and apostrophes.

例如，它给予特殊处理连字符和撇号。

The sight of so many apostrophes may not BE sightly to the English eye, but their presence may hopefully make it easier to pronounce them

在英语民族看来，出现这么多撇号大概是不大悦目的，但是有撇号可能会有助于他们读出声来。

Strip out nonalpha characters that are not whitespace (which messes up apostrophes, but it's a good place to start)

删除不是空格的非首字母字符（空格将搞乱省略符号，但是它是很好的起点）

easily find smart and straight quotes and apostrophes in text;

轻松找出文字中的智慧型引号、直引号和所有格符号；

This is a function to format field strings that contain apostrophes for processing by an SQL server

格式化一个字符串字段的数据在SQL数据库