footnote

注脚、脚注

Every quotation in the thesis needs a footnote with the source.

论文中每一段引文都要加上标明来源的注脚。

附注、小插曲比喻

His short reign became little more than a footnote in history.

他短暂的统治不过成了历史上的一段附注。

加注脚、附注说明

She footnoted every claim to show where the data came from.

她为每一项论点加上注脚，以说明资料来源。