footnotes

英 [ˈfʊtnəʊts]

美 [ˈfʊtˌnoʊts]

n.  脚注; 次要者
footnote的复数

柯林斯词典

• 脚注
  Afootnoteis a note at the bottom of a page in a book which provides more detailed information about something that is mentioned on that page.
• N-COUNT 补充;补充的信息
  If you refer to what you are saying as afootnote, you mean that you are adding some information that is related to what has just been mentioned.
  1. As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
     我补充一句，他有时表现得过分逞强。
• N-COUNT 无关紧要的事;次要事件
  If you describe an event as afootnote, you mean that it is fairly unimportant although it will probably be remembered.
  1. I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history.
     恐怕他的名字现在会成为历史的注脚。

双语例句

• It helps to explain, also, why my wife left in the text the many references to Chinese classics which Fei put there and introduced in the footnotes some explanations of some of these references.
  这也有助于解释为什么我夫人在正文中保留了费先生引用的众多中国古典文献，并在脚注中对其中一部分加以解释说明。
• Another point to remember is to avoid placing too much information in annexes and footnotes; only a few readers will consult these.
  另外一点是记住，避免在附件和脚注中放置过多信息。没有几个读者会看这些内容。
• That's the introduction to the footnotes.
  这是对脚注的介绍。
• We have made a few verbal changes in the editor's notes and the footnotes to the three instalments of the material.
  我们对三篇材料的按语和注文，作了少数文字上的修改。
• You cannot paste form fields into comments, headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, or text boxes.
  不可从域中粘贴到批注、页眉、页脚、脚注、尾注或文本框中。
• This takes e-reader footnotes to another level by pulling, aggregating and displaying references in a book notable items, characters/ people and phrases in one screen.
  通过在一个完整的屏幕上完成诸如项目、人物和短语等参考资料的拉出、集合以及显示，这项功能将使电子书阅读器的注解应用提升到更高层次。
• Use footnotes, not endnotes.
  使用脚注，而不是尾注。
• All footnotes compared to this.
  与这相比简直是小巫见大巫。
• You are encouraged to do further research, and any information you receive from outside sources should be fully referenced with footnotes and bibliography.
  我们鼓励你做进一步研究，从外界资源中获得的任何信息应当全部标示注脚和书目。
• This is the last footnote I'll be calling your attention to this semester, and it's, like all footnotes, perhaps the most telling thing in the essay.
  这是本学期，最后一个我让你们注意的脚注，像所有脚注一样，或许它是这篇论文中最生动的。