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

• That's the introduction to the footnotes.
  这是对脚注的介绍。
• You can do so through footnotes, a bibliography, or some other kind of scholarly device.
  你可以透过附注、参考书目或其他学术性工具方式交待。
• 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。
• His liking for footnotes might have suited him to be an historian.
  他喜欢考据，当个历史学家也挺合适。
• 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。
• Comments, endnotes and footnotes can only be added to the main story.
  批注、尾注和脚注只能添至文档的主体部分。
• We also use footnotes for definitions of elementary terms that an experienced programmer is unlikely to need.
  我们同样使用脚注来定义基本术语，有经验的程序员可能不需要这些定义。
• Use footnotes, not endnotes.
  使用脚注，而不是尾注。
• The market value of the investment,$ 2, is disclosed in footnotes to the financial statements.
  投资的市价（2美元）在财务报表的注释中列示。
• All footnotes compared to this.
  与这相比简直是小巫见大巫。