an·ec·dote
noun/ˈænɪkdəʊt/
/ˈænɪkdəʊt/
[countable, uncountable]- a short, interesting or funny story about a real person or event
轶事；趣闻 - amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor
关于他短暂演员生涯的趣闻逸事 - The book is a rich store of anecdote.
这本书充满了丰富的轶事。
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb2- The biographer provides a telling anecdote about the President's actions at this time.
此时传记作者讲了一件有关总统活动的生动趣事，给人印象十分深刻。 - We swapped anecdotes about old friends.
我们互相讲述老朋友的趣闻佚事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- amusing
- entertaining
- humorous
- …
- recount
- relate
- tell
- …
- anecdote about
- amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor
- a personal account of an event
传闻 - This research is based on anecdote, not fact.
这项研究的根据是传闻，而非事实。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- amusing
- entertaining
- humorous
- …
- recount
- relate
- tell
- …
- anecdote about
- This research is based on anecdote, not fact.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’, from an- ‘not’ + ekdotos, from ekdidōnai ‘publish’.