footnote

1. N-COUNT 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. 腳注

2. N-COUNT 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. 補(bǔ)充說明

As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified. 作爲(wèi)補(bǔ)充說明，我應(yīng)該再加一點，他表現(xiàn)得過於逞強(qiáng)。

3. N-COUNT If you describe an event as a footnote, you mean that it is fairly unimportant although it will probably be remembered. 次要的事物

I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history. 我認(rèn)爲(wèi)，他的名字在歷史中恐怕將變得不再重要。