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

• 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。
• Oh, he dreams footnotes, and they run away with all his brains.
  嘿，他做梦也在想他的脚注，它们把他的头脑搞得乌烟瘴气。
• 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。
• Footnotes illuminated the difficult passage of the text.
  脚注解释了课文中难解的段落。
• Use footnotes, not endnotes.
  使用脚注，而不是尾注。
• We have omitted footnotes which we judged inessential to the text.
  我们略掉了我们认为对正文不甚紧要的脚注。
• Such references should usually be provided in footnotes.
  参考书目常于脚注中标注。
• Footnotes: notes explanatory to the main text, set in smaller type at the bottom of the page.
  脚注：解释内文的注解；用较细字体排于书页下端。
• 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。
• 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。