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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

footnote

英  [ˈfʊtnəʊt]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • footnotes

    1. [C 可数名词] 脚注

    A footnote is a note at the bottom of a page in a book which provides more detailed information about something that is mentioned on that page.

    双语例句

    例：

    Chaumette then added a footnote to the document.

    肖梅特又在文件中加了一个脚注。

    例：

    a footnote in the Byzantine Book of Hours.

    《拜占庭祈祷书》中的一个脚注。

    2. [C 可数名词] 补充说明

    If you refer to what you are saying as a footnote, you mean that you are adding some information that is related to what has just been mentioned.

    双语例句

    例：

    As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.

    作为补充说明，我应该再加一点，他表现得过于逞强。

    3. [C 可数名词] 次要的事物

    If you describe an event as a footnote, you mean that it is fairly unimportant although it will probably be remembered.

    双语例句

    例：

    I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history.

    我认为，他的名字在历史中恐怕将变得不再重要。

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