- 1在背面、見背面（紙張的另一面）
On the back of this page — turn the paper over and you will find it there. It is an adverb, so it goes after the verb: see overleaf, the answers are printed overleaf, please sign overleaf.
On the back of this page這頁的背面 — turn the paper over把紙翻過來 and you will find it there你就會看到。It它 is是 an adverb一個副詞, so所以 it goes after the verb放在動詞後面: see overleaf見背面(see overleaf), the answers are printed overleaf答案印在背面, please sign overleaf請在背面簽名
This is a printed-paper word and rather formal. You meet it on forms, contracts, insurance documents, exam papers, restaurant menus — anywhere a page has two sides and the writer wants to send you to the other one.
This這 is是 a printed-paper word一個紙本印刷用語 and而且 rather formal相當正式。You meet it你會在 on forms表格上, contracts合約上, insurance documents保單上, exam papers考卷上, restaurant menus菜單上 遇到它 — anywhere a page has two sides只要一頁紙有兩面, and而且 the writer wants to send you to the other one作者想叫你翻到另一面的地方都會用
Because it belongs to paper, it does not really work on a screen. A website has no back side, so nobody "see overleaf" on a web page; there we say "see below" or "scroll down".
Because因為 it belongs to paper它是屬於紙張的字, it does not really work on a screen在螢幕上其實用不上。A website一個網站 has no back side沒有背面, so所以 nobody writes沒有人會寫 "see overleaf"「見背面」 on a web page在網頁上; there那裡 we say我們會說 "see below"「見下方」 or或 "scroll down"「往下滑」
Younger people may go years without needing the word, but it has not gone away — every bank form still uses it. Note also that "overleaf" means only the OTHER SIDE OF THIS SAME SHEET, not the next sheet.
Younger people年輕人 may go years也許好幾年 without needing the word都用不到這個字, but它 it has not gone away並沒有消失 — every bank form每張銀行表格 still uses it還是在用它。Note also另外要注意 that "overleaf"「overleaf」 means只是指 only的 the OTHER SIDE OF THIS SAME SHEET這同一張紙的另一面, not the next sheet不是指下一張紙
core核心畫面
組成over + leaf. The "leaf" here is not a tree leaf — in the old language of books, a leaf is one sheet of paper, which has two pages, front and back. And "over" means "turned over". So: on the turned-over sheet.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
overleafadv
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On the other side of a sheet of paper (including a leaf of a book); thus, on the next page when flipping from a recto to the sequential verso.
- The aim of this book is to answer the question WHAT DID GREEK PROSODY SOUND LIKE? The study of prosody stands at the intersection of a number of quite disparate disciplines, as illustrated in the diagram overleaf.
- The more superficial beholder of the book's cover (a magnificent piece of artistry by the Venetian painter Gabriel Bella) will have failed to notice, on its continuation overleaf, the employee of an ancient jeu de paume who, having scaled the slanting roof of the gallery, is busily retrieving from the dusty recesses of the window-sill the stray tennis balls from below.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。