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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Features specific to research papers, business plans, or other longer documents including page numbering, footnotes, endnotes, and annotations.
  专门用于调研报告、商务计划或其他较长文档的功能，包括页码编排、脚注、尾注和批注。
• 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。
• That's the introduction to the footnotes.
  这是对脚注的介绍。
• 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。