endnote

/ˈendnəʊt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈendnəʊt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈen(d)-ˌnōt/ (ame, mw)

endnote — 名詞

1. a short note, explanation, or source line collected in a section at the back of

1.名詞C1
釋義

尾註

放在章節或書末的註解

a short note, explanation, or source line collected in a section at the back of a chapter or book, rather than printed at the bottom of the page

例句

Christopher moved the long source note to an endnote before sending the essay.

Christopher 在交出論文前，把那段較長的資料說明移到尾註裡。

pattern: move a note to an endnote

At the end of chapter three, Manuela added two endnotes for the maps.

在第三章末尾，Manuela 為那些地圖補上了兩則尾註。

location: endnotes after a chapter

同義詞
  • footnote

    very similar kind of note, but it appears at the bottom of the page instead of later in the book

  • annotation

    broader term for an explanatory note; it does not have to be placed at the end

  • reference

    broader source pointer; may appear in an endnote but is not limited to that format

文法句型

put something in an endnote

an endnote at the back of [book / chapter]

用法筆記

Often used in academic or reference writing. Distinguish from 'footnote': an endnote is grouped after a chapter or at the back of a book, while a footnote appears on the same page as the text.

常見錯誤

❌Put the source in a footnote at the back of the book.
✅Put the source in an endnote at the back of the book.
💡a footnote sits at the bottom of a page, but an endnote is collected later.