footnotes╱endnotes 之区别：论文概念辨析系列（第11期）

推荐：意得辑全新出版《英文科技论文写作的100个常见错误》，点击下方链接购买 ↓

---

论文各部分内容的作用不同，它们各司其职，从不同角度呈现研究。但同时，又有不少概念让作者们感觉困惑，比如：Abstract 和 Introduction 有何区别？figure captions，labels 以及 legends 是同一个概念吗？在这个系列中，意得辑作者 Fatima 就论文中常见的易混淆概念进行详细辨析。

---

第11期：footnotes╱endnotes 之区别：论文概念辨析系列

We know that authors sometimes cite the source of their information alongside the statements in which that information is presented (this is called a citation). They might also want to add comments or explanations to a sentence that they have written. However, adding such details in the middle of the paper might disrupt the flow of writing. Authors therefore use footnotes and endnotes to convey such important but supplementary details. Footnotes refer to such comments or explanatory notes when they are added at the bottom of a page. The sentence or word where explanation is needed is marked with a symbol or a superscripted number, and the relevant footnote, marked with the same symbol or number, can be found at the bottom of the page.

之前已经讲过在文中引用时需要跟上原作出处。还有一种情况，作者有时想在某句话后添加注释，但又不想破坏行文节奏，就会用脚注（footnotes）或尾注（endnotes）另外说明。使用脚注时，先用数字或符号在原文中标记要说明的字句，然后在当页的最下方作出相应的解释。

Just like footnotes, endnotes are a way of adding supplementary information to the main text and they are also marked with a superscripted number. The only difference is in the placement of the explanation—for endnotes, the correlating information is added at the end of the article. Footnotes can be useful for quickly identifying the source of information with a glance at the bottom of the page. Endnotes, on the other hand, help de-clutter the page and help maintain flow while reading.

和脚注一样，尾注也是通过标记来补充正文信息的，不同的是尾注放在文章结尾。脚注能让读者即时获取补充信息，尾注让页面更整洁，阅读更流畅。

上一期：citations╱references╱bibliography 之区别：论文概念辨析系列（第10期）