anecdote

英 [ˈænɪkdəʊt]

美 [ˈænɪkdoʊt]

n.  逸事; 趣闻; 传闻

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牛津词典

noun

• 逸事；趣闻
  a short, interesting or amusing story about a real person or event
  1. amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor
     关于他短暂演员生涯的趣闻逸事
• 传闻
  a personal account of an event
  1. This research is based on anecdote not fact.
     这项研究的根据是传闻而非事实。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 轶事；趣闻
  Ananecdoteis a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
  1. Pete was telling them an anecdote about their mother...
     皮特正在给他们讲一件他们母亲的趣闻。
  2. He has a talent for recollection and anecdote.
     他在记忆力和讲述趣闻轶事方面颇具天赋。
• N-VAR （无根据的）传闻
  Anecdotesare individual accounts of something that are not reliable evidence.
  1. The image of the fox as a pest is grossly exaggerated in anecdote and folklore.
     狐狸的害人精形象在传闻和民间故事中遭到严重的夸大。

英英释义

noun

• short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

双语例句

• He introduced his speech with an anecdote.
  他说了一则轶闻作为讲话的引子。
• One of my favorite parts of dating is a charming how we met anecdote.
  对于约会，我最钟爱的部分便是我们如何相识这件迷人轶事。
• He shares one anecdote from a student who took his exam a month after finishing CORe last summer.
  他分享了一名学生的故事。去年夏天，这名学生在完成CORe课程一个月后参加了考试。
• I shared an anecdote that shows another instance of animals showing the way.
  我分享了一个奇闻表明不同的动物情况显示方式。
• This week I have an anecdote to share with you all that is very special to me.
  这个礼拜，我想和大家分享我个人很特别的轶事。
• It was a conversation pleasantly coloured with wit and anecdote.
  这是一次充满妙语和轶闻的愉快交谈。
• I think enough time has passed that I can share the following anecdote.
  我想有一件关于Apple的轶事可以拿来谈谈，毕竟它已经过去足够长的时间了。
• I related the anecdote, whereupon he laughed heartily.
  我叙述那件轶事，他听了（马上）开怀大笑。
• He listened to this anecdote about the president's childhood.
  他听着这段关于总统幼年时代的轶事。
• The moral of the anecdote is: A problem which seems difficult could have a simple, unexpected solution.
  这个佚事的寓意在于：一个看似很困难的问题，其解决方案可能超乎简单并出人意料。