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a footnote to sth
footnote 后接 to，表示所补充或附属于的对象。
The comment was a footnote to his main argument.
这条评论是他主要论点的一个脚注。
脚注
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
脚注
a printed note at the bottom of a page
The comment was a footnote to his main argument.
这条评论是他主要论点的一个脚注。
脚注:通常编号的短文,置于页面底部,对正文指定部分加以评论、引用或参考。
A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.
印在书页正文下方的注释
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
与某更大事件相关但重要性较低的事件。
An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related.
对某事物含义的限定。
A qualification to the import of something.
The professor asked us to read the footnotes before the main text.
教授要求我们先读脚注再看正文。
I added a footnote to explain where the quote came from.
我加了一条脚注，说明引文的出处。
A good footnote can save the reader from a long search.
一条好的脚注能让读者免去长时间查找。
footnote 后接 to，表示所补充或附属于的对象。
The comment was a footnote to his main argument.
这条评论是他主要论点的一个脚注。
footnote 后接 on，表示脚注所讨论的主题。
She wrote a footnote on the origins of the term.
她就这个词的起源写了一条脚注。
in a footnote 是常见介词短语，在句中作地点状语，常置于句尾。
The details appear in a footnote.
这些细节出现在一条脚注中。
Not this
The explanation is on the footnote.
Use this
The explanation is in the footnote.
英语中，footnote 被视为承载内容的文本，介词用 in，表示“在脚注里”；on 表示在物体表面或页面上，不适用于脚注内容。
Not this
Please add an endnote at the bottom of this page.
Use this
Please add a footnote at the bottom of this page.
footnote 指印在页面底部的脚注，而 endnote 指放在章节或全书末尾的尾注。这里明确说“页底”，所以应使用 footnote。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
添加脚注
The author added a footnote to explain the unusual term.
作者加了一个脚注来解释这个不常见的术语。
学术脚注
Her essay is filled with academic footnotes that cite many sources.
她的论文充满了引用许多来源的学术脚注。
查阅脚注
The reader should refer to the footnote for the full reference.
读者应查阅脚注以获取完整的参考信息。
解释性脚注
The book includes an explanatory footnote about the historical context.
这本书包含一个关于历史背景的解释性脚注。
历史的注脚；无足轻重的事件或人物
The scandal was just a footnote to history.
那桩丑闻不过是历史的注脚。
不过是注脚；无足轻重
His role in the project was a mere footnote.
他在项目中的作用无足轻重。
沦为注脚；被遗忘
The once-famous singer has become a footnote in music history.
那位曾经著名的歌手已成为音乐史上的注脚。
发短 /ʊ/ 音 (如 good, book)
Use footnote naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
foot=脚，note=注释：印在页面底部、正文“脚下”的注释，就是脚注。
语域：neutral 常见场景：academic writing、published books、formal reports “footnote”作“脚注”讲时，多用于学术论文、书籍和正式文件的书面语境，通常为中性语体，因此这里更偏向中性。日常口语中较少直接使用这个含义，多是在谈论文本或阅读时出现。
Final sound: note, vote, quote, and remote all share the spelling '-ote' and the /oʊt/ sound, exactly like the '-note' part of footnote. Boat and coat have the same final /oʊt/ sound but use the spelling '-oat'. Beware lookalikes: 'food' (/fuːd/) and 'boot' (/buːt/) have a different vowel from 'foot' (/fʊt/), the first syllable of footnote; also don't confuse 'note' (/noʊt/) with 'not' (/nɑːt/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.